§ 51:1-1 Municipal power not impaired
§ 51:1-2 Definitions
§ 51:1-3 Use of both systems
§ 51:1-4 Yard
§ 51:1-5 Chain for measurement of land
§ 51:1-6 Test of measuring devices
§ 51:1-7 Standard ton
§ 51:1-8 Pound; avoirdupois; troy
§ 51:1-9 Gallon; quart
§ 51:1-10 Sale of milk or cream
§ 51:1-11 Labeling or tagging milk cans
§ 51:1-12 Penalties; disposition
§ 51:1-13 Branding butter and cheese packages; penalty
§ 51:1-14 Use of unbranded package; defacing or altering brand; penalty
§ 51:1-15 Liquids only to be sold by liquid measure
§ 51:1-16 Bushel
§ 51:1-17 Foods sold only by weight or numerical count; exceptions
§ 51:1-18 Bread to be sold by weight; specification of weight to purchaser
§ 51:1-25 Peach basket; marking, etc.; penalty
§ 51:1-26 Sale of fruits or vegetables in nonstandard containers forbidden
§ 51:1-27 Marking of containers
§ 51:1-27.1 Penalty for violations of section 51:1-26 or section 51:1-27
§ 51:1-28 Marking of containers; packer’s name; penalty
§ 51:1-29 Commodity package labeling; slack filling
§ 51:1-29.1 Hydrate of sodium tetraborate
§ 51:1-29.2 Net weight standards pertaining to flour; adopted
§ 51:1-31.1 Terms defined
§ 51:1-31.4 Weight
§ 51:1-31.10 Tolerances or variations as to quantity
§ 51:1-33 Definitions
§ 51:1-34 Tested scales
§ 51:1-35 Delivery tickets; marking; alteration prohibited
§ 51:1-35.1 Penalties for violations of section 51:1-34 or section 51:1-35
§ 51:1-42 Department; composition
§ 51:1-43 Appointment of superintendents; record of appointment of municipal superintendents
§ 51:1-44 Assistant state superintendents; clerical assistants
§ 51:1-45 Assistant county and municipal superintendents; number; deputy superintendents; powers
§ 51:1-46 Persons employed to give full time
§ 51:1-47 No other person to engage as superintendent, etc
§ 51:1-48 Superintendents and assistants; qualifications
§ 51:1-49 State superintendent and assistants; salaries
§ 51:1-50 County and municipal superintendents and assistants; salaries
§ 51:1-51 County superintendents; expenses
§ 51:1-52 County and municipal superintendents; under civil service
§ 51:1-53 County and municipal superintendents; assistants and secretaries; tenure of office; hearing prior to discharge, etc
§ 51:1-54 State superintendent as administrator
§ 51:1-54.1 Issuance of subpenas
§ 51:1-54.2 Weighing and measuring devices; registration; fees
§ 51:1-54.3 Fees; amounts, schedule; use
§ 51:1-54.4 Weights and Measures Fund
§ 51:1-55 Standards
§ 51:1-56 Establish containers for farm products
§ 51:1-58 Seals and certificates
§ 51:1-59 Annual tests in state departments
§ 51:1-60 Records
§ 51:1-61 Regulations
§ 51:1-62 Disseminate information
§ 51:1-63 Superintendents and assistants; enforcement of laws; power to weigh commodities
§ 51:1-64 Identification device
§ 51:1-65 County and municipal superintendents; custodians of standards; annual inspections of weights and measures
§ 51:1-66 Exclusive use of standards
§ 51:1-67 Standards or copies to be furnished to assistants
§ 51:1-68 County and municipal superintendents; jurisdiction; special designations by state superintendent
§ 51:1-69 State superintendent may send assistants into any county
§ 51:1-70 Superintendents to keep records; monthly reports
§ 51:1-71 Superintendents; annual reports
§ 51:1-72 Annual report
§ 51:1-73 Definitions; public weighmaster; private weighmaster
§ 51:1-74 Term; certificate of appointment; fee; use
§ 51:1-75 Oath of office; no compensation from state; duties
§ 51:1-76 Seal
§ 51:1-77 Certificate of weight and measure; contents; prima facie evidence
§ 51:1-77.1 Certification of tare weight by weighmaster
§ 51:1-78 Reweighing on complaint
§ 51:1-79 Records of public weighings
§ 51:1-80 Penalties; requesting false weighing; false certificate or other violation by weighmaster
§ 51:1-80.1 Weighing on scales outside state authorized
§ 51:1-81 Weighing of live stock, hay and grain; report to owner; record
§ 51:1-82 Fraudulent report of weight; penalties; imprisonment; double damages; interstate carriers, inapplicable to
§ 51:1-82.1 State-owned scales; weighmasters
§ 51:1-83 Only sealed weights and measures to be used; violations resulting in injury voids contract
§ 51:1-84 Testing and sealing of all weights and measures; fee collection
§ 51:1-85 Tests made at request of owner; defective weights or measures; penalty
§ 51:1-86 Tests; defective weights, etc.; additional penalty
§ 51:1-87 Refusal to seal weight, etc., easily arranged to defraud; review
§ 51:1-88 Examination mandated
§ 51:1-89 General penalty
§ 51:1-90 Hindering official; penalty
§ 51:1-91 Changing weight or measure prohibited
§ 51:1-93 Legal standard
§ 51:1-94 Retention of false weights, etc.; misdemeanor
§ 51:1-95 Marking of short weights and tares; misdemeanor
§ 51:1-96 Penalties for using false weights
§ 51:1-97 Illegal weighing activities; penalties
§ 51:1-98 Deviations; scale of penalties
§ 51:1-99.1 Prior violations not included
§ 51:1-100 Separate violations
§ 51:1-101 Presence of weights, etc., presumptive evidence of use
§ 51:1-102 Certificate
§ 51:1-103 Jurisdiction for action
§ 51:1-103.1 Injunctions
§ 51:1-105 Penalty enforcement
§ 51:1-106 Arrest; confiscation
§ 51:1-107 Appeal; no bond or deposit required when State appeals
§ 51:1-109 Disposition of penalties
§ 51:1-110 Costs to prevailing party in Superior or municipal court; provision in budgets
§ 51:1-111 City attorney or county prosecutor to aid in prosecution
§ 51:1-113 Definitions
§ 51:1-114 License and registration to engage in business
§ 51:1-115 Application for license and registration; verification under oath
§ 51:1-116 Examination and inquiry; issuance of license and registration
§ 51:1-117 Conduct of examinations
§ 51:1-118 Rules and regulations
§ 51:1-119 License to repair limited classes or kinds of devices
§ 51:1-120 Issuance of licenses to repair devices
§ 51:1-121 Licenses and registrations; term; renewal; contents
§ 51:1-122 Revocation or suspension of license; grounds; hearing; notice
§ 51:1-123 Report of repair work done by licensee
§ 51:1-124 Notice and statement to state department or county or municipal superintendent of weights and measures
§ 51:1-125 Condemned weighing or measuring devices
§ 51:1-126 Comparison and calibration of testing equipment
§ 51:1-127 Record or register
§ 51:1-128 Fees; use
§ 51:1-129 Administration of Act; rules and regulations
§ 51:1-130 Enforcement of Act
§ 51:1-131 Penalties for violations of Act
§ 51:1-132 Recovery of penalties, procedure
§ 51:1-133 Exceptions to application of Act

Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes > Title 51 > Chapter 1 - Municipal Power Not Impaired

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Commodity: means any article of food, drink, trade or commerce, or any service or amusement, goods, wares, merchandise, or fuel measured by any weighing and measuring or counting system, but shall not include any article of food, drink, trade, commerce, goods, wares, merchandise, or fuel which is not sold or intended for sale to an entity distinct from the seller. See New Jersey Statutes 51:1-2
  • Commodity in package form: means a commodity put up or packaged in any manner in advance of sale in units suitable for either wholesale or retail sale. See New Jersey Statutes 51:1-2
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • 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.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • 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.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Gross weight: means the weight of a vehicle in a loaded state. See New Jersey Statutes 51:1-2
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • 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
  • month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" means a calendar year. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Net weight: means the gross weight of a vehicle minus the tare weight of the vehicle. See New Jersey Statutes 51:1-2
  • oath: includes "affirmation. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • 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
  • Physical property: means mass, weight, length, volume, pressure, electricity, electromagnetic forces, radiation, thermodynamics, coefficients of expansion, gravitational forces or any other measurable attribute or quantity, including count. See New Jersey Statutes 51:1-2
  • population: when used in any statute, shall be taken to mean the population as shown by the latest Federal census effective within this State, and shall be construed as synonymous with "inhabitants. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • registered mail: include "certified mail". 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
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • sworn: includes "affirmed. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Tare weight: means the weight of a vehicle in an unloaded state. See New Jersey Statutes 51:1-2
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
  • weights and measures: means a device, apparatus, or instrument designed or used to weigh, measure, count or time any physical property or determine value, and any auxiliary apparatus and accessories that indicate quantity or value, or records representative thereof. See New Jersey Statutes 51:1-2
  • weights and measures officer: means , at the State level, the State superintendent, deputy State superintendent, assistant State superintendent, State supervisor, State metrologist, and State weights and measures officers of all grades. See New Jersey Statutes 51:1-2
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.