Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:10-4

  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
2A:10-4. Upon the breach of the condition of any supersedeas bond given to the clerk of any inferior court in a contempt proceeding, the county prosecutor of the county in which the bond is given shall prosecute the same to effect, in the name of the clerk, and shall pay the proceeds of the recovery thereon to the county treasurer, to be distributed by him according to law.

L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended 1991,c.91,s.25.