Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 46:39-1

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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
When a safe-deposit box or other receptacle for the safekeeping of personal property is rented to two or more persons acting as co-executors, co-administrators, co-guardians, co-trustees or co-receivers, access to such safe-deposit box or other receptacle may be allowed as follows, as the contract of renting shall provide:

(a) by any one or more of such persons acting as co-executors;

(b) by any one or more of the persons acting as co-administrators, co-guardians, co-trustees or co-receivers, when authorized in a writing signed by the other person or all other persons so acting;

(c) by any agent authorized in a writing signed by all the persons acting as co-executors, co-administrators, co-guardians, co-trustees or co-receivers.

L.1955, c. 151, p. 644, s. 1, eff. July 18, 1955.