Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 40:37-124

  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
The owner of any real estate so sold, his legal representatives, or any mortgagee or judgment creditor, having a legal or equitable interest therein may, within the time prescribed by section 40:37-125 of this title, redeem the property from the lien so imposed by paying to the commission, for the benefit of the purchaser, his heirs or assigns, the amount originally paid by the purchaser plus any tax or assessment paid by him and of which he may have given written notice to the commission, together with interest on all such payments at the rate of ten per cent per annum.
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