New Jersey Statutes 2A:17-28. Selection of exemption on death of execution defendant
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:17-28
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- 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
If an execution defendant dies after execution issued, and a levy and sale of personal property be made thereafter, the exemption selection to be reserved for the use of his family shall be made by the person or persons entitled to make such selection by section 3A:8-7 of the title Administration of Estates–Decedents and Others. If the property reserved for the benefit of the family of the decedent shall be set off under the provisions of said section 3A:8-7, the property so set off shall also be the property exempted from sale under execution.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.