Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 12:3-26

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • 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
12:3-26. The council, with the approval of the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, may license any person or corporation to lay any pipe or pipes on or under the lands of the State under tidewaters under such terms and restrictions as to duration, compensation to be paid, and such other conditions and restrictions as the interests of the State may require. Such license shall be granted by a written instrument and executed in the same manner as grants of land under tidewaters are required to be executed.

Amended 1979, c.311, s.3; 2009, c.40, s.11.