Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 4:10-27

  • 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.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • 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
The following words and phrases, when used in this act, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them:

“Controlled Atmosphere Storage,” “Modified Atmosphere Storage,” “Crisp Air,” “CA” or other terms or abbreviations of similar import shall mean the storage of agricultural commodities under conditions which comply with the provisions of this act and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto.

“Agricultural commodities” shall mean fruit, vegetable, ornamental, horticultural and floricultural products.

“Person” shall mean a natural person, firm, partnership, association or corporation.

L.1962, c. 62, s. 2.