Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 56:3-32

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • 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
Any person or corporation who has filed in any of the offices mentioned in section 56:3-16 of this title a description of the names, marks or devices upon his or its property therein mentioned, and has caused the same to be published according to the law existing at the time of such filing and publication, shall not be required to again file and publish such description in order to be entitled to the benefits of this article; but may avail himself or itself of any or all of the provisions, modes of procedure and methods of protection provided for in this article, as fully as if he or it had registered such names, marks or devices under and in accordance with the provisions of this article.