Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 39:6-86.5

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • 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
Any qualified person seeking to receive benefits as provided in sections 7 and 10 of this act shall comply with the provisions of section 5 of P.L.1952, c. 174 (C. 39:6-65) and payment under these sections shall be payable to the qualified person entitled to receive such benefits, as the loss accrues, upon receipt of reasonable proof of such loss and without the need of a judgment as to damages, or a hearing as provided in section 10 of P.L.1954, c. 174 (C. 39:6-70) or an order for payment as provided in section 11 of P.L.1954, c. 174 (C. 39:6-71).

L.1972, c. 198, s. 11, eff. Jan. 1, 1973.