Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 5:5-45

  • 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.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • 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
Permits shall be granted by the commission to operate a running race meeting on not more than three tracks and harness race meetings on not more than four tracks. No person, partnership, association or corporation shall be granted a permit to operate a harness race meeting on any day or days for which a prior permit holder has been granted a permit to conduct a harness race meeting located within twenty-five miles of any track already licensed without the consent of such prior licensee.

L.1940, c. 17, p. 79, s. 25. Amended by L.1941, c. 137, p. 463, s. 9; L.1949, c. 26, p. 86, s. 3; L.1953, First Sp.Sess., c. 445, p. 2435, s. 1.