Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 18A:20-13

  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • Board: means the board of education. See New Jersey Statutes 18A:1-1
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
  • 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
  • Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
When any such testator shall make a charge on any real estate so devised to any board of education, of any legacy or bequest to any other person in trust or otherwise, then no direction for the sale thereof shall be made by the court unless the beneficiary under the legacy or bequest is made a party defendant to the action; nor shall the sale be made unless it shall appear to the court that the rights and interests of the beneficiary under such legacy or bequest will not be prejudiced thereby and if a sale is directed the court shall make all necessary orders for the conservation of such legacy or bequest with respect to the investment of moneys arising from the sale.

L.1967, c.271.