§ 16:12-1 Incorporation; meeting
§ 16:12-2 Certificate; execution, filing, recording
§ 16:12-3 Powers
§ 16:12-4 Consent by bishop, committee required for certain transactions
§ 16:12-5 By-laws
§ 16:12-6 Members and officers
§ 16:12-7 Rector; filling vacancy
§ 16:12-8 Meetings of vestry
§ 16:12-9 Vestry; quorum
§ 16:12-10 Annual parish election
§ 16:12-11 Election of officers; tenure
§ 16:12-12 Warden or vestrymember; filling vacancy
§ 16:12-13 Special parish meetings
§ 16:12-14 Changes; procedure
§ 16:12-15 Consolidation of parishes
§ 16:12-16 Property of extinct parish
§ 16:12-17 “Parish” as meaning “congregation”
§ 16:12-18 Incorporation
§ 16:12-19 Powers; holding property in trust
§ 16:12-20 Trustees; certificate of incorporation; filing; powers
§ 16:12-21 Management of funds; property in trust
§ 16:12-22 Statement of proceedings and account; removal of trustee; filling vacancy
§ 16:12-23 Division of property on division of diocese
§ 16:12-24 Change of corporate names; filing certificate
§ 16:12-25 Effect of change on property rights and liabilities
§ 16:12-26 Establishment of trust fund
§ 16:12-27 Investment in trust fund
§ 16:12-28 Name of fund; management; incorporation; powers of corporation
§ 16:12-29 Authority to retain investments
§ 16:12-30 Reinvestments; securities in which funds may be invested
§ 16:12-31 Dividends

Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes > Title 16 > Chapter 12 - Incorporation; Meeting

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • 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.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • parish: when used in this chapter shall be construed to be equivalent to "congregation" whenever necessary to carry out the object and intent of the chapter. See New Jersey Statutes 16:12-17
  • 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
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • 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
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.