Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 40:32-14

  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • 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 board of chosen freeholders of any county is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire by purchase, gift, grant, contribution, devise, bequest, relinquishment or transfer, lands in the county, or any interest therein, together with any and all improvements thereon, which shall have been improved by the Federal Government or by any county, municipality or other public body of the State with the assistance of the Federal Government, through the construction or installation thereon of dwelling accommodations, and shall at the time of such acquisition be in use as a veterans’ housing project, and to hold, improve, control, operate, maintain, regulate and use the same for the purpose of providing housing or means of shelter for veterans of World War II, their families, and other people of the State.

L.1951, c. 116, p. 524, s. 1, eff. May 29, 1951.