Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 16:4-4

  • 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.
The corporation may elect annually, or oftener if necessary or expedient, one of its own members to be president, who shall keep the minutes and enter the orders and proceedings of the corporation in a book to be kept for that purpose. He shall have the custody of the common seal, and the papers, documents, deeds, writings and books of or relating to the corporation, and may convene the corporation as occasion may require.