Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:62-19

  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • 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
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
2A:62-19. The final determination and judgment in an action authorized by N.J.S. 2A:62-17 shall fix and settle the rights of all the parties in the estate in remainder in the lands or in the remainder interest in the personalty, and shall be binding and conclusive on all the parties to the action; but if any defendant to the suit is either at the time of the entry of a default or of judgment against the defendant, a minor or an incapacitated person, the defendant, the defendant’s heirs or assigns may, unless the defendant was represented in the action by a guardian or a guardian ad litem, at any time within two years after the termination of the disability, appear in the action and apply for relief from the judgment.

amended 2013, c.103, s.10.

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