Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 16:17-1

  • 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.
  • 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 New Jersey State Association of Spiritualists, incorporated under authority of an act entitled “A supplement to an act entitled “An act to incorporate trustee[s] of religious societies,’ approved April ninth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five,” approved March eleventh, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, is hereby continued and the nine trustees elected under authority of the said act and their successors shall be and continue to be a body corporate. Such trustees shall hold office for one year, or until their successors, elected in like manner as the first trustees, shall be elected for the same term. Such board of trustees shall include the officers of said corporation, who shall be a president, vice president, secretary and treasurer.