Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 46:3-9

  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • 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
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
Every person, to whom the use or uses of any real estate within this state have been sold, given, limited, granted, released or conveyed by deed, grant or any other legal conveyance whatsoever, or that shall hereafter be granted by any deed or conveyance whatsoever, and his heirs and assigns, shall be held to be in as full and ample possession of such real estate, to all intents, constructions and purposes, as if such person, his heirs and assigns, were possessed thereof by solemn livery of seizin and possession, any usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding.