New Jersey Statutes 44:4-18. Terms of contract
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 44:4-18
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- 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.
The contract authorized by the board of chosen freeholders and entered into by the directors of the several counties concerned shall provide for the permanent maintenance and relief of such poor persons, and any county so contracting may maintain the permanent poor under its jurisdiction and authority in the welfare-house in the other county with which the contract is entered into.