Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 56:3-29

  • 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.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • 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
Any person or corporation who or which violates the provisions of this article shall be liable to a penalty of five dollars, for the first offense, for each bottle, container or receptacle mentioned in section 56:3-15 of this title, filled, sold, bought, given, taken, used, disposed of, trafficked in or possessed in violation of the provisions of this article, and, for the second and each subsequent offense, a penalty of double that amount, recoverable by the owner or proprietor of any such bottle, container or receptacle, or his agent, in an action at law in any court of competent jurisdiction.
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