Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:17-26

  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
When several executions into different counties shall issue on the same judgment, the proceedings to set off the property under this article for the benefit of the family of the execution defendant shall be had in the county in which his family resides, and not in any other county, except for the deficiency of his personal property in the former county in order to make the amount reserved by law.

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