Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:61-13

  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
The provisions of section 2A:61-12 of this title shall apply to all deeds, declarations of sale and conveyance, duly acknowledged or proved, heretofore or hereafter made by or under the authority of any public or municipal authority, authorized or empowered by any law of this state to make and execute or to direct the making and execution of any deed, declaration of sale or conveyance; and the proceedings upon which such deeds, declarations of sale and conveyances are founded shall not be subject to be questioned collaterally, but may be, at any time, reviewed by a proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ or other proper proceedings.

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