Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 17:23C-8

  • 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.
  • 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
8. No person shall use any information privileged pursuant to this act to discover any other information and any information so discovered shall be inadmissible in any action or proceeding. If an administrative law judge or a court of competent jurisdiction determines that any information is not privileged, it shall, by the entry of appropriate protective orders, ensure that information is disclosed only to the extent required for the proper conduct of the subject action or proceeding.

L.1999,c.183,s.8.