New Jersey Statutes 2A:65-5. Action for waste by heir; treble damages
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:65-5
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
Any heir may maintain a civil action for the waste or destruction of his inheritance, whether such waste occurred in the lifetime of his ancestor or thereafter. The judgment in such an action shall be for the recovery of the inheritance wasted or its money value if such recovery is impossible, and treble damages.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.