Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:82-24

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • 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
The certification or notation made, pursuant to law, by any public officer upon any instrument or document which shall have been recorded, registered or filed in his office, setting forth the date and time of day when such instrument shall have been so recorded, registered or filed, or any record kept by any public officer pursuant to law of the date and time of day of the recording, registering or filing of any instrument or document in his office, shall be received in evidence in all courts and proceedings, in this state, as prima facie proof of the date and time of day of the recording, registering or filing of such instrument.

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