Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 18A:64A-77

  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
Every gift, grant, legacy, bequest, devise, endowment, estate, remainder, or expectancy, contained in any will, deed, declaration of trust, transfer, or other instrument, to or for or inuring to the benefit of the college, or any constituent unit thereof, whenever established or acquired, and every chose in action, to which the college is or shall be entitled, in whatever name and under whatever title, shall continue to be vested or shall vest in and shall inure to the benefit of the college as completely and effectually as though expressly made to it in its name and for its use and benefit; and none of the same shall lapse, terminate or revert by reason of the enactment of this act; subject, however, to the provisions of this act and other applicable laws, and to all of the rights, obligations, relations, conditions, terms, trusts, duties and liabilities to which the same are subject; and may effectually execute and give receipts and discharges and other instruments in the name of the college or in the name in which the same may have been made or given for the use and to the benefit of the college.

L.1982, c. 42, s. 28, eff. July 1, 1982.