New Jersey Statutes 26:4-27. Definitions
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 26:4-27
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- 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
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
“Venereal disease” includes syphilis, gonorrhea, chancroid, lymphogranuloma venereum and granuloma inguinale.
“Treating a venereal disease” includes the treatment of or attempt to treat a venereal disease by prescription, formula, patented or proprietary medicine or compound or otherwise, or the sale or gift, for the purpose of treating or attempting to treat such a disease, of any prescription, formula, patented or proprietary medicine or compound which either by itself or in connection with any other treatment, medicine, or compound is claimed to be useful, or to cure, relieve, or arrest in any way any venereal disease.
“Licensed health officer” shall mean and include only a person holding office as a local health officer who holds a valid health officer’s license issued by the State Department of Health.
Amended by L.1945, c. 104, p. 448, s. 1.