Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 46:30A-5

  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • 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
Whenever it shall appear to the Attorney General or his designee that a person has engaged in, is engaging in or is about to engage in any practice in violation of this act he may seek and obtain in a summary action in the Superior Court an injunction prohibiting such person from continuing such practices or engaging therein or doing any acts in furtherance thereof; provided, however, that nothing in this act shall limit the powers of the Attorney General and the procedures with respect to consumer fraud provided in P.L.1960, c. 39 (C. 56:8-1 et seq.).

L.1973, c. 145, s. 4.