New Jersey Statutes 51:8-16. Arrest without warrant
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 51:8-16
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- 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.
51:8-16. For violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, done within the view of any weights and measures officer, such weights and measures officer is authorized, without warrant, to arrest the offender or offenders and to conduct him or them before the Superior Court or any municipal court having jurisdiction in the county wherein such arrest is made or the offense is committed.
Amended 1953,c.48,s.19; 1991,c.91,s.484.