Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 54:1-41

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • taxing district: when used in a law relating to the assessment or collection of taxes, assessments or water rates or water rents, include every political division of the State, less than a county, whose inhabitants, governing body or officers have the power to levy taxes, assessments or rates. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
Any person, taxing district, municipality, or county aggrieved by any act, proceeding, ruling, decision, or determination of the state tax department or of the state tax commissioner, may appeal therefrom to the state board of tax appeals by filing a petition of appeal to the board in manner and form and within the time and subject to such terms and conditions as the board shall by reasonable rules and regulations prescribe unless the time and terms are fixed by statute, provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to permit any person to appeal to the board from the assessment or any other determination of the state tax department or commissioner in a transfer inheritance tax proceeding.