Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 44:1-123

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • 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
44:1-123. If a director of welfare of a municipality shall neglect to receive or remove a poor person as provided in this chapter after the determination of the matter by the Superior Court having jurisdiction, the municipality where the neglect occurs shall be liable for the expense of the support and relief of the poor person. The expense shall be recoverable from time to time with costs of suit by the director of welfare incurring the cost of relief and support in a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction in the name of the municipality against the municipality liable therefor.

Amended 1953,c.42,s.8; 1991,c.91,s.428.

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