Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 12:3-49

  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • 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
Where a riparian lease, the rentals of which are unpaid for the space of one year, contains a covenant or condition that upon nonpayment of the yearly rent or sum reserved at the time or times fixed for the payment thereof, the state may re-enter and possess the lands described in the lease, the board may enter upon said lands, and in the name and on behalf of the state, take possession thereof.