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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 3B:22-23

  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • real property: include lands, tenements and hereditaments and all rights thereto and interests therein. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
The period of 1 year fixed in N.J.S. 3B:22-22, shall not be deemed to be extended by any directions in a will that just debts be paid. Any charge upon real property created by any directions in a will that just debts be paid shall not attach to the real property beyond the period of 1 year fixed in that section, unless the will contains express language to the effect that the debts shall remain a lien upon the real property for a longer period.

L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:22-23, eff. May 1, 1982.