Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 51:1-73

  • Commodity: means any article of food, drink, trade or commerce, or any service or amusement, goods, wares, merchandise, or fuel measured by any weighing and measuring or counting system, but shall not include any article of food, drink, trade, commerce, goods, wares, merchandise, or fuel which is not sold or intended for sale to an entity distinct from the seller. See New Jersey Statutes 51:1-2
  • 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.
  • 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
The words “public weighmaster” as used in this title, shall be deemed to mean and include all firms, corporations, copartners or individuals who shall, for hire, weigh or measure any commodity, produce or article and issue therefor a weight certificate, which shall be accepted as the accurate weight, upon which the purchase or sale of such commodity is based.

Any firm, corporation or individual not engaged in the business of weighing for hire, who requires the services of a certified weigher in his business may on application to the state superintendent have one or more of his employees or other suitable persons designated by the state superintendent to act as such weighmaster.