New Jersey Statutes 17:12B-211. Jurisdiction of Superior Court
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 17:12B-211
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- 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.
- Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
Each such corporation or its board may institute an action in the Superior Court for instructions with respect to any matter pertaining to the liquidation of its assets, the distribution of the proceeds thereof, and the settlement of its affairs. The court may proceed in a summary manner or otherwise to hear and determine the matters presented to it and make such order or enter such judgment as shall be equitable and just. No such action for instructions shall confer upon the court general jurisdiction over the affairs of such corporation.
L.1963, c. 144, s. 211.