New Jersey Statutes 51:1-13. Branding butter and cheese packages; penalty
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 51:1-13
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- 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
- Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
Every firkin, tub or other vessel for the package of butter or cheese shall be branded in legible letters and characters by the cooper or manufacturer with his name and the actual and true weight of the firkin, tub or vessel.
A cooper or manufacturer who shall dispose of any such firkin, tub or vessel without such brand or who shall falsely brand the same shall forfeit and pay to such person as shall prosecute for the same the sum of twenty-five dollars to be recovered by action at law in any court of competent jurisdiction.