Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 9:17B-4

  • Codicil: An addition, change, or supplement to a will executed with the same formalities required for the will itself.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
Any testamentary disposition, will, codicil, deed, conveyance, sale, trust or similar instrument executed prior to January 1, 1973 in which the words “minor,” “minority” or “majority” are employed, shall, unless a contrary intention effectively appears, be construed to refer to the age of 18 years as delineating the period of minority and the age of majority.

L.1977, c. 355, s. 1.