Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 12:4-12

  • 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
  • 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
The commissioners of pilotage appointed pursuant to section 12:8-1 of this title or any one of the commissioners may seize any vessel found within the jurisdiction of this state and from which any person is violating the provisions of section 12:4-10 of this title, and take the same to the nearest port for which pilot service was established by chapter 8 of this title (s. 12:8-1 et seq.). Said boat shall be kept until the owner shall deposit the sum of two hundred dollars, or give security satisfactory to the commissioners for the payment of any fine and costs which may be adjudged for such violation.
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