Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:14-26

  • 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 period of service, in time of war and 6 months thereafter, of any person, in active service in any of the armed forces of the United States, or the women’s auxiliary corps, the women’s reserve of the naval reserve, or any similar organization authorized by the United States to serve with its armed forces, shall not be included in computing any period limited on April 16, 1945, or thereafter by any law for the bringing of any action by or against any such person or by or against his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns, whether such cause of action shall have accrued prior to, or during, the period of such service or during such 6 months thereafter.

L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.