New Jersey Statutes 51:1-83. Only sealed weights and measures to be used; violations resulting in injury voids contract
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 51:1-83
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- 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
No person shall buy or sell goods or service based on weight or measurement by the use of any weight or measure which has not been tested and sealed according to the provisions of this chapter under penalty of not less than $50.00 nor more than $200.00 for each separate offense. No contract shall, however, be declared void unless one of the contracting parties has been injured by the use of such weight or measure.
Amended by L.1969, c. 251, s. 17, eff. Jan. 7, 1970.