Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 4:20-31

  • 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
Neither the officer, board or body having control of the highways nor any other person shall plough, dig or otherwise turn up or remove any earth or soil within four feet of a hedge planted upon the line of a public highway, whether the fence authorized in section 4:20-30 of this title is put up or not.