Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 48:3-25

  • 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.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" means a calendar year. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • 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
It shall be the duty of such new corporation, within one month after its organization, to make a certificate thereof, under its common seal, attested by the signature of its president, specifying the date of such organization, the name so adopted, the amount of capital stock, and the name and residence of its president and directors, and transmit such certificate to the secretary of state at Trenton, to be filed in his office and there remain of record, and a certified copy of such certificate so filed shall be evidence of the corporate existence of such new corporation.

Nothing in this section or sections 48:3-23 and 48:3-24 of this title shall divest or impair the lien or encumbrance of any prior mortgage or other encumbrance upon the property or franchises conveyed under the original sale of such property or franchises, when by the terms of the process or decree under which the sale has been made, or by operation of law such sale is made subject to the lien of any such prior mortgage or other encumbrance, or divest or impair any prior mortgage or other encumbrance thereon created by the vendees of the purchasers at such sale or those holding under them by mesne conveyances.