Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 4:12-41.1

  • 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.
The following words when used in this act, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the following meanings:

(a) “Director” –The Director of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station or his authorized representative.

(b) “Person” –Any individual, partnership, corporation, or association purchasing milk or cream on the butter fat basis; any individual, partnership, corporation or association testing milk or cream for its butter fat content when the results of such test are to be used in official inspection or for public record.

(c) “Butter fat test” –The determination of the butter fat content of milk or cream by any method approved by the director when the results of such determination are to be used in official inspection or as a matter of public record, or as the basis of payment for milk or cream purchased.

(d) “Butter fat content” –The percentage of fat in milk or cream determined by any butter fat test approved by the director when such percentage of fat is to be used in official inspection, or as a matter of public record, or as the basis of payment for milk or cream purchased.

L.1943, c. 100, p. 323, s. 1.