Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 54:4-61

  • 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
  • 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
  • taxing district: when used in a law relating to the assessment or collection of taxes, assessments or water rates or water rents, include every political division of the State, less than a county, whose inhabitants, governing body or officers have the power to levy taxes, assessments or rates. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
No assessment of taxes shall be set aside by a proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ, because the State, county or municipal taxes, or any of them, are blended together, nor because the aggregate amount of money levied or assessed in a taxing district for taxes is greater than called for by the law or resolutions granting the same, nor because the assessment is made upon any person or property at a rate higher than authorized by the law, ordinance or resolutions granting the money for which the assessment of taxes is made.

Amended by L.1953, c. 51, p. 894, s. 21.