New Jersey Statutes 2A:67-16. Application by complaint; contempts; verification
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:67-16
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
- 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
- Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
Application for the writ shall be made, by complaint, either by the party for whose relief it is intended or by some person in his behalf, and shall be duly verified. The complaint shall allege (a) the facts concerning the commitment, confinement or restraint of the person for whose relief the action has been instituted; (b) the place of such confinement or restraint; (c) the name of the person who has custody over him or by whom he is confined or restrained; (d) the cause or pretense of such confinement or restraint, if known; and (e) if the confinement or restraint is alleged to be illegal, in what the alleged illegality consists.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344