Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 38A:3-23

  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • 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
  • 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
3. a. Any dependent of a prisoner of war or a person missing in action, upon his being accepted to pursue a course of undergraduate study in any private institution of higher education in this State or in any public institution of higher education of this State as enumerated in N.J.S.18A:62-1, shall be allowed to obtain a bachelor’s degree, or certificate of completion, for so long as he is eligible, free of tuition. Once a person qualifies as a dependent under this act there shall be no situation such as the return of the parent or the reported death of the parent that will terminate the eligibility of the dependent to the benefits under this act.

b. As used in this section:

“Dependent” means any child born before, during or after the period of time the child’s parent was a prisoner of war or a person missing in action, or any child legally adopted or in the legal custody of the parent prior to, during or after the time the parent was a prisoner of war or a person missing in action.

“Prisoner of war” and “person missing in action” means any person who was a resident of this State at the time he or she entered service of the United States Armed Forces, or whose official residence is within this State, and who, while serving in said United States Armed Forces, has been declared to be a prisoner of war, or to be a person missing in action as established by the Secretary of Defense after January 1, 1960.

L.1999,c.46,s.3.

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