Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:48-2

  • 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
2A:48-2. No action under this article shall be instituted unless commenced within three months after the loss of or injury to the property. If any person entitled to such an action is, at the time the action accrues, under the age of 18 or a person who has a mental disability that prevents the person from understanding his legal rights or commencing a legal action, the person may commence the action within three years after reaching majority or having the mental capacity to pursue the person’s lawful rights.

amended 2013, c.103, s.7.

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