Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 17:30E-18.1

  • 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
  • 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
The commissioner may, whenever he deems it necessary, make or cause to be made an examination of the finances, operations, methods of conducting business, and all other affairs of the association, its management and its servicing carriers. For the purpose of the examination, the commissioner may authorize, employ or otherwise engage such person, persons or other resources to conduct the examination, or to assist therein, as he deems advisable. The reasonable expenses of the examination shall be determined by the commissioner and shall be paid by the association. The association shall recover all such payments by assessment of its member companies pursuant to an equitable assessment formula established in the plan of operation.

L. 1988, c. 119, s. 43.