New Jersey Statutes 2A:67-20. Return
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:67-20
- 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.
Every public officer upon whom the writ shall be duly served, whether the writ be directed to him or not, and every other person to whom the writ shall be directed and upon whom it shall be duly served, shall make a return to the writ as required thereby. The return to the writ may be made without producing in court the person detained or restrained, unless the writ requires such production.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.