Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 42:2A-32

  • General partner: means a person who has been admitted to a limited partnership as a general partner in accordance with the partnership agreement and named in the certificate of limited partnership as a general partner. See New Jersey Statutes 42:2A-5
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Partner: means a limited or general partner. See New Jersey Statutes 42:2A-5
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Partnership agreement: means any valid agreement, written or oral, of the partners as to the affairs of a limited partnership and the conduct of its business. See New Jersey Statutes 42:2A-5
General powers and liabilities. a. Except as expressly provided in this chapter, a general partner of a limited partnership is subject to the restrictions of a partner in a partnership without limited partners and except as provided in this chapter or in the partnership agreement has the rights and powers of a partner in a partnership without limited partners.

b. Except as provided in this chapter, a general partner of a limited partnership has the liabilities of a partner in a partnership without limited partners to persons other than the partnership and the other partners. Except as provided in this chapter or the partnership agreement, a general partner of a limited partnership has the liabilities of a partner in a partnership without limited partners to the partnership and to the other partners.

L. 1983, c. 489, s. 31, eff. April 1, 1985.