Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 4:1-21.11

  • 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.
  • 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
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, association or corporation to offer for sale in New Jersey, orally, or in writing, or to represent by certificate, advertisement, label, or brand, or any other description, real or implied, any agricultural seeds, tubers, grass sod, grass sod plugs, and grass stolons as “certified,” “inspected,” “registered,” “foundation,” or similar terms, unless and until such seed, tubers, grass sod, grass sod plugs, and grass stolons shall have been duly inspected and certified by the official certifying agency of the state of origin; and it shall be unlawful to offer or expose for sale agricultural seeds, tubers, grass sod, grass sod plugs, and grass stolons with a tag or seal similar in size and color that could in any way be mistaken for an official tag or seal.

L.1952, c. 298, p. 1010, s. 5. Amended by L.1966, c. 78, s. 3.

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