Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 30:7B-15

  • Habeas corpus: A writ that is usually used to bring a prisoner before the court to determine the legality of his imprisonment. It may also be used to bring a person in custody before the court to give testimony, or to be prosecuted.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • 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
Pursuant to said compact, the Governor is hereby authorized and empowered to designate an officer or alternate who shall be the compact administrator and who, acting jointly with like officers of other party States, shall have power to promulgate rules and regulations to carry out more effectively the terms of the compact. Said compact administrator shall serve subject to the pleasure of the Governor. The compact administrator is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to cooperate with all departments, agencies and officers of and in the government of this State and its subdivisions in facilitating the proper administration of the compact or of any supplementary agreement or agreements entered into by this State thereunder and the compact administrator is hereby directed to consult with the immediate family, if any, of any proposed transferee and to take no final action without approval of a court of competent jurisdiction of this State, and nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to limit the right of any proposed transferee to habeas corpus.

L.1956, c. 178, p. 685, s. 1.