Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 54:37-4

  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
Within thirty days after the original, not ancillary, qualification in a probate court of this state of an executor of the will of, or administrator of the estate of, a nonresident decedent, notice thereof, by mail, shall be given by the clerk of such probate court to the official or body of the domiciliary state charged with the administration of the death tax law thereof with respect to such estate. Such notice shall state the full name of the decedent, date of decedent’s death, name of the county and state wherein he resided at the date of death, and the name and address of each person to whom letters have been issued.