Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:46-3

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • 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
Any secured creditor who with intent to evade the provisions of this chapter fails to disclose the existence of the security shall not be entitled to receive or retain dividends out of the general assets, unless he thereafter releases or surrenders to the liquidator the security which he has failed to disclose, or unless he procures such release or surrender if the security is in the possession of an indorser, surety, or other person secondarily liable for the insolvent debtor.

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