Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 5:5-50

  • 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
  • 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
No person, partnership, association or corporation shall hold or conduct, or assist, aid or abet in holding or conducting any meeting within the State of New Jersey whereat horse race meetings shall be permitted for any stake, purse or reward whereat pari-mutuel betting is licensed, except and unless such person, partnership, association or corporation shall first comply with the provisions of this act and be granted a permit by the commission to conduct a horse race meeting as provided by this act.

L.1940, c. 17, p. 81, s. 30.