Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 54:4-112

  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • 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
No such compromise settlement or adjustment shall be made unless the governing body shall be satisfied either that the property to be conveyed could not readily be sold at a price sufficient to pay and satisfy the amount of such municipal charges or that said municipal charges are illegal in whole or in part, or unless the proceedings taken to levy or enforce the same are at variance with the laws of this state in such case made and provided.