Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 44:1-112

  • May: shall be construed to be permissive. See New Jersey Statutes 44:1-1
  • Overseer: means a person who is charged with the superintendence and relief or removal of the poor within the overseer's jurisdiction or found in the overseer's municipality, and means superintendent in all cases where a superintendent as defined in this section is authorized to act when there is no overseer. See New Jersey Statutes 44:1-1
  • 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
  • Poor person: means one who is unable to maintain himself or those dependent upon him. See New Jersey Statutes 44:1-1
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
Where a poor person who requires permanent relief in a municipality in which he is a resident or inhabitant, has a settlement in a municipality or county other than the one in which relief is sought, the overseer shall temporarily relieve the person and proceed to remove him to his place of settlement as directed in sections 44:1-117 to 44:1-127 of this title. Until the place of settlement is ascertained the overseer in his discretion may maintain and relieve the person in the same manner as other permanent poor having a settlement there.
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