Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 52:27D-25y

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • 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
12. If the commissioner determines that an applicant holds a valid license, registration, certification or other authorization from another jurisdiction which requires equal or greater experience and knowledge requirements, the commissioner may accept the evidence of that license, registration, certification or other authorization as meeting the experience and knowledge requirements of this act for a person to engage in the fire protection equipment business.

L.2001,c.289,s.12.