Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 42:3-3

  • 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.
  • 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
1. The word “limited” shall be the last word of the name of every limited partnership association formed under the provisions of this article.

2. Every such association shall at all times conspicuously display its name, in letters easily legible, on the outside of every office or place in which the business of the association is carried on, and shall have its full name mentioned in legible characters in all instruments or writings used in the transaction of the business of the association.

3. The omission of the word “limited” in the use of the name of the association shall render any person who participates in such omission, or knowingly acquiesces therein, liable for any indebtedness, damage or liability arising therefrom.