Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 45:15B-2

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Court reporter: A person who makes a word-for-word record of what is said in court and produces a transcript of the proceedings upon request.
  • 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
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
2. Any person who has received from the board a certificate of his qualifications to practice as a court reporter shall be known and styled as a “certified court reporter,” and no other person, and no partnership, all of the members of which have not received such certificate, and no corporation, shall assume such title or the abbreviation “C.S.R.,” “C.C.R.” or any other words, letters or abbreviations tending to indicate that the person, partnership or corporation so using the same is a certified court reporter.

L.1940,c.175,s.2; amended 2005, c.308, s.2.