Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 14A:14-9

  • 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.
  • 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
(1) After the commencement of a receivership action, but before the appointment of a receiver, a debtor of the corporation may make payment to the corporation of his debt, and a person holding property of the corporation may deliver it to the corporation, and such payment and such delivery shall have the same effect as if the receivership action were not pending.

(2) If such payment or such delivery is made after the appointment of a receiver by a person acting in good faith and without knowledge of the appointment, such payment and such delivery shall have the same effect as if a receiver had not been appointed.

L.1968, c.350.