Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 12:4-22

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • 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 violating section 12:4-21 of this title shall be liable to a penalty of twenty dollars for each offense and also to any damages sustained by the person injured thereby. For every twenty-four hours a vessel shall lie at anchor in said channel, an additional penalty of twenty dollars may be recovered. One-half of the penalty shall go to any person who shall sue for the same and the other half to the county treasury.
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