Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 16:2-19

  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • 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
All the real and personal property belonging to or held in trust for any Baptist church or Baptist religious society or belonging to or held in trust for any Seventh-Day Baptist church or Seventh-Day Baptist religious society that has or shall become extinct shall vest in and become the property of the New Jersey Baptist Missionary Convention, its successors and assigns, in the case of a Baptist church or Baptist religious society, and in the case of a Seventh-Day Baptist church or Seventh-Day Baptist religious society, the property of the Seventh-Day Baptist Missionary Society, its successors and assigns. The title to any Baptist church or religious society held by any Baptist association of this state, or the reversionary interest of any person in the property of such Baptist or Seventh-Day Baptist church or religious society, or any valid lien thereon, shall not be affected by anything contained herein.