Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 52:31-24

  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • 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.
  • 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 board shall be responsible for the management of all State-owned residential housing and shall establish policies and procedures for an equitable, coordinated and uniform housing program. The board shall have jurisdiction over residential housing located in every State agency available for State employees; except that the board shall have no jurisdiction with respect to and this act shall not apply to armories or military housing in the Department of Defense, State college student housing, housing for State college presidents, housing for the Chancellor of Higher Education, the Commissioner of Education, the Commissioner of Corrections and the superintendents of State correctional facilities and residential housing acquired by the Department of Transportation in the course of acquiring land for highway rights-of-way or for use by any other transportation facilities pursuant to Title 27 of the Revised Statutes and which may be rented temporarily to comply with the requirements of the “Relocation Assistance Act,” P.L.1971, c. 362 (C. 20:4-1 et seq.).

L.1983, c. 468, s. 2, eff. Jan. 12, 1984.