Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 51:5-6

  • 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 make for sale, sell or offer to sell or dispose of, or have in his possession with intent to sell or dispose of, any article of merchandise made in whole or in part of inferior metal, having deposited or plated thereon, or brazed or otherwise affixed thereto, a plate, plating, covering or sheet of silver, or of any alloy of silver, which article is known to the market as “silver plate” or “silver electroplate” , or by any similar designation, and upon which article, or upon any tag, card or label attached thereto, or upon any box, package, cover or wrapper in which such article is incased or inclosed, shall be stamped, branded, engraved or imprinted the word “sterling” , or the word “coin” , either alone or in conjunction with any other words or marks.
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