Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 49:2-3

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • 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
As used in this act:

a. “Book entry system” means a method of recording ownership which identifies the owner of an interest in the obligation;

b. “Registered form” means an obligation which is registered as to both principal and any stated interest, and (1) the transfer of the obligation may be effected by the surrender of the old instrument and either the reissuance by the issuer of the old instrument to the new holder or the issuance by the issuer of a new instrument to the new holder, or (2) the right to the principal of, and stated interest on, the obligation may be transferred through a book entry system;

c. “Obligation” means a bond, debenture, note, certificate or other evidence of indebtedness issued by a public issuer; and

d. “Public issuer” means the State, or any county, municipality, school district, body corporate and politic, district or public authority, agency, commission or other public institution heretofore or hereafter created by the State, any county or municipality or by one or more counties or municipalities which is authorized to issue obligations.

L.1983, c. 243, s. 2, eff. July 1, 1983.