N.J. Stat. tit. 1, ch. 1

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N.J. Stat. § 1:1-1 § 1:1-1

In the construction of the laws and statutes of this state, both civil and criminal, words and phrases shall be read and construed with their context, and shall, unless inconsistent with the manifest intent of the legislature or unless another or different meaning is expressly indicated, be given their generally accepted meaning, according to the approved usage of the language. Technical words and phrases, and words and phrases having a special or accepted meaning in the law, shall be construed in accordance with such technical or special and accepted meaning.

N.J. Stat. § 1:1-2 Words and phrases defined.

1:1-2. Unless it be otherwise expressly provided or there is something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction, the following words and phrases, when used in any statute and in the Revised Statutes, shall have the meaning herein given to them. Affirmation; affirmed. See "Oath; sworn," infra, this section. Assessor. The word "assessor," when used in relation to the assessment of taxes or water rents or other public assessments, includes all officers, boards or commissions charged with the duty of making such assessments, unless a particular officer, board or commission is specified. Census. When used with reference to the population of this State, or of any subdivision thereof, the word "census" means the latest Federal census effective within this State. Certified mail. The words "certified mail" include private express carrier service, provided that the private express carrier service provides confirmation of mailing. For purposes of this definition, confirmation of mailing may be by electronic means, and shall include, at a minimum, confirmation of fact of mail, time of mailing, date and time of delivery, attempted delivery, signature, or other similar information for confirmation or proof associated with the delivery service. Collector. The word "collector," when used in relation to the collection of taxes or water rents or other public assessments, includes all officers charged with the duty of collecting such taxes, water rents or assessments, unless a particular officer is specified. Folio; sheet. A sheet or folio shall consist of 100 words, and in all cases where an entry of any writing or copy is to be paid for, the sheet or folio shall consist of 100 words. Freeholder; chosen freeholder. The words "freeholder" and "chosen freeholder," when used in relation to county government, mean a member of the board which manages, controls, and governs the property, finances, and affairs of a county, and in which the executive and legislative powers of the county or solely the legislative powers of the county are vested, and designated as a "county commissioner." Gender. See "Number; gender," infra, this section. General election. The words "general election" shall be taken to mean the annual election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November and in any statute in which it is provided that any public officer shall be elected, or any public question shall be voted upon, at an election at which members of the General Assembly are to be voted for or elected, or words to that effect, shall be taken to mean, and shall be construed to be the equivalent of a provision, that said public officers shall be elected, or that said public question shall be voted upon, "at a general election." He. "Number; gender," infra, this section. Inhabitants. See "Population; inhabitants," infra, this section. It. See "Number; gender," infra, this section. Magistrate. The word "magistrate" includes any judge, municipal magistrate or officer or other person having the powers of a committing magistrate. Masculine. See "Number; gender," infra, this section. Month; year. The word "month" means a calendar month, and the word "year" means a calendar year. Municipality; municipal corporation. The words "municipality" and "municipal corporation" include cities, towns, townships, villages and boroughs, and any municipality governed by a board of commissioners or an improvement commission. Neuter. See "Number; gender," infra, this section. Number; gender. Whenever, in describing or referring to any person, party, matter or thing, any word importing the singular number or masculine gender is used, the same shall be understood to include and to apply to several persons or parties as well as to one person or party and to females as well as males, and to bodies corporate as well as individuals, and to several matters and things as well as one matter or thing. Oath; sworn. The word "oath" includes "affirmation;" and the word "sworn" includes "affirmed." Other property. See "Property; other property," infra, this section. Person. The word "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. Personal property. "Personal property" includes goods and chattels, rights and credits, moneys and effects, evidences of debt, choses in action and all written instruments by which any right to, interest in, or lien or encumbrance upon, property or any debt or financial obligation is created, acknowledged, evidenced, transferred, discharged or defeated, in whole or in part, and everything except real property as herein defined which may be the subject of ownership. Plural. See "Number; gender," supra, this section. Population; inhabitants. The word "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." Property; other property. The words "property" and "other property," unless restricted or limited by the context to either real or personal property, includes both real and personal property. Real estate; real property. The words "real estate" and "real property," include lands, tenements and hereditaments and all rights thereto and interests therein. Registered mail. The words "registered mail" include "certified mail". Revised Statutes. The words "Revised Statutes" mean the Revised Statutes of 1937, unless some other revision is expressly indicated or referred to. Revision law. The words "Revision law" mean any statute which is expressed in its title or body to be a revision of any part of the statutory law. She. See "Number; gender," supra, this section. Sheet. See "Folio," supra, this section. Ship. The word "Ship" includes vessels, steamers, canal boats and every boat or structure adapted to navigation or movement from place to place, upon the ocean, lakes, rivers or artificial waterways, either by its own power or otherwise. Singular. See "Number; gender," supra, this section. State. The word "State" extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. Sworn. See "Oath; sworn," supra, this section. Taxing district. The words "taxing district," when used in a law relating to the assessment or collection of taxes, assessments or water rates or water rents, include every political division of the State, less than a county, whose inhabitants, governing body or officers have the power to levy taxes, assessments or rates. Territory. The word "territory" extends to and includes any territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. United States. The words "United States" extend to and include every State, territory and possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. Year. See "Month; year," supra, this section. amended 1948, c.4; 1953, c.4, s.1; 1955, c.226; 1960, c.187, s.1; 2015, c.251; 2020, c.67.

N.J. Stat. § 1:1-2a "Present war" and similar phrases

Unless it be otherwise expressly provided or there is something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction, the following words, phrases and clauses, namely: "present war," "present war emergency," "the existing state of war," "present defense emergency," when used or named within this State in any manner whatsoever with relation to a period of time shall mean so long as the United States of America continues in the present wars with the governments of Japan, Germany and Italy, or any of them, and until the making of a treaty or treaties of peace concluding all of said wars. L.1942, c. 72, p. 314, s. 1, eff. May 2, 1942.

N.J. Stat. § 1:1-2b "Blighted area" and "renewal area"

The term "blighted area" as defined and used in the statutes of this State may also be designated as a "renewal area" and the terms "blighted area" and "renewal area" may be used interchangeably in all ordinances, resolutions, determinations and official actions taken by governmental bodies and agencies in connection with projects and programs for the clearance, planning, development or redevelopment of areas pursuant to law. L.1967, c. 16, s. 1, eff. March 13, 1967.

N.J. Stat. § 1:1-2.1 § 1:1-2.1

Every instrument, to which it is required or permitted by law that a seal be attached, shall be deemed to be sealed when there is affixed thereto, or printed, impressed or marked thereon a scroll or other device by way of a seal, and no such instrument shall be impeached or questioned for lack of a wax seal. This section shall apply to sealings by corporations as well as individuals; but any sealing required or permitted by law of a public officer, board, body or commission having an official seal shall be by the impress of such official seal.

N.J. Stat. § 1:1-2.2 Surety; sureties

When a bond, recognizance, guarantee or obligation is required or permitted to be given by any law, or by any charter, ordinance, rule or regulation of any county, municipality, school district, board, body, organization, court or public officer, with surety or sureties or security, including freehold security, for the performance of any act, duty or obligation or the refraining from the doing of any act, the same may be executed as surety or sureties by any company or corporation authorized to carry on the business specified in paragraph "g" of section 17:17-1 or authorized to transact such business in this state by section 17:32-1 of the title Corporations and Institutions for Finance and Insurance, with the operation and effect provided and prescribed by chapter 31 of said title (s. 17:31-1 et seq.).

N.J. Stat. § 1:1-2.3 Time; standard time

The standard time of this State shall be the time of the seventy-fifth meridian west from Greenwich, and wherever time is named within this State, in any manner whatsoever, it shall be deemed and taken to be such standard time, except that the standard time of this State shall be 1 hour in advance of such prescribed time from 2:00 A.M. on the last Sunday in April until 2:00 A.M. on the last Sunday in October in each year, and except where otherwise expressed. Amended by L.1946, c. 97, p. 320, s. 1; L.1947, c. 77, p. 454, s. 1; L.1955, c. 47, p. 164, s. 1, eff. June 6, 1955.

N.J. Stat. § 1:1-2.5 Notice or communication required to be sent, taken, or transmitted out of United States; Acts of Congress to control

Whenever, by the terms of (a) any present or future statute or law of this State; (b) any present or future ordinance, rule, regulation or requirement of any State, municipal, legislative, executive, administrative or other public body, commission, bureau, agency, officer or public authority of this State; (c) any present or future rule, practice, order, judgment or decree of any court or of any judicial authority of this State; (d) any present or future charter, certificate of incorporation, by-law or resolution of any corporation organized or subject to the laws of this State; (e) any present or future contract, agreement or undertaking of any person, firm, association or corporation to which the laws of this State are applicable; or (f) as a condition precedent to the taking of any action, the granting of any relief, the holding of any meeting or the doing of anything under or pursuant to any such statute, law, ordinance, rule, regulation, requirement, practice, order, judgment, decree, charter, certificate of incorporation, by-law, resolution, contract, agreement, or undertaking; any notice or other communication is or shall be required to be sent, taken or transmitted out of the United States, then any such requirement for sending, taking or transmitting any such notice or other communication is dispensed with in so far as the sending, taking or transmitting or attempting to send, take or transmit any such notice or other communication is or shall be prohibited under any present or future Act of Congress or under any rules, regulations, proclamations or executive orders made by authority of any said Act or in so far as such sending, taking or transmitting or attempting so to do shall require the obtaining of a license or consent under any said Act or rules, regulations, proclamations or executive orders made by authority of any said Act; and any action of any kind which has been or hereafter shall be taken, any relief which has been or hereafter shall be granted, any meeting which has been or hereafter shall be held and anything which has been or hereafter shall be done without sending, taking or transmitting or attempting to send, take or transmit or without obtaining or attempting to obtain a license or consent to send, take or transmit any such notice or other communication under any said Act, rules, proclamation or executive orders made by authority of any said Act shall have the same force and effect as if such notice or other communication had been sent, taken or transmitted as provided in any such statute, law, ordinance, rule, regulation, requirement, practice, order, judgment, decree, charter, certificate of incorporation, by-law resolution, contract, agreement or undertaking. L.1942, c. 131, p. 415, s. 1, eff. May 6, 1942.

N.J. Stat. § 1:1-3 § 1:1-3

Definitions of words and phrases applicable to statutes generally shall not be so construed as either to limit or enlarge any provision in any treaty, compact or agreement between this state and any other state or the United States, including treaties, compacts or agreements created by, embodied in or resulting from concurrent, complementary or reciprocal legislation.

N.J. Stat. § 1:1-3.1 Definition applicable to amendment of, or supplement to, statute

Any definition contained in any statute shall be applicable to any amendment of, or supplement to, such statute. L.1960, c. 187, p. 780, s. 2.

N.J. Stat. § 1:1-3.2 Repeal of repealing statute

The repeal of any statute or section of any statute, which statute or section repealed another statute or section of a statute, shall not of itself revive such other statute or section. L.1960, c. 187, p. 784, s. 14.

N.J. Stat. § 1:1-3.3 Reference to revised statute

Any reference in any statute to any other statute, which is revised by a revision law, shall, after the effective date of such revision law, be construed to be a reference to the section or sections, if any, of the revision law corresponding in substance to, or superseding, the section or sections of the statute so revised and so referred to. L.1960, c. 187, p. 784, s. 15.

N.J. Stat. § 1:1-4 Construction as continuation of heretofore existing laws

The provisions of the Revised Statutes, not inconsistent with those of prior laws, and the provisions of any revision law not inconsistent with those of any of the laws revised therein, shall be construed as a continuation of such prior laws. Amended by L.1960, c. 187, p. 780, s. 4.

N.J. Stat. § 1:1-5 § 1:1-5

The classification and arrangement of the several sections of the Revised Statutes have been made for the purpose of convenience, reference and orderly arrangement, and therefore no implication or presumption of a legislative construction is to be drawn therefrom.

N.J. Stat. § 1:1-5.1 Citation of, pleading or otherwise referring to legislation contained in Revised Statutes or New Jersey Statutes

The legislation contained within any title, subtitle, part, chapter, article, section or group of sections of these Revised Statutes or of the New Jersey Statutes may be cited, pleaded or otherwise referred to by reference to such title, subtitle, part, chapter, article, section or group of sections of the "Revised Statutes" or the "New Jersey Statutes" containing such legislation, as the case may be; and the use of the words "Revised Statutes" or "New Jersey Statutes" shall have the same effect as if the legislative title, under which these Revised Statutes or the New Jersey Statutes were adopted and the approval date thereof had been used. In any citation the abbreviation "R.S." shall be equivalent to "Revised Statutes," and "N.J.S." shall be equivalent to "New Jersey Statutes" and sections of these Revised Statutes or the New Jersey Statutes may be cited by section number only preceded by the appropriate abbreviation. In any citation of legislation contained in the New Jersey Statutes which has been printed in the Pamphlet Laws, there shall be superadded the chapter number and year of the Pamphlet Laws in which the same was published (P.L.19 , c. ). Amended by L.1960, c. 187, p. 780, s. 5, eff. Jan. 18, 1961.

N.J. Stat. § 1:1-6 Outlines, analyses and headnotes not part of statutes

In the construction of the Revised Statutes, or of any statute or any part thereof, no outline or analysis of the contents of any title, subtitle, chapter, article or other part thereof, no cross reference or cross reference note and no headnote or source note to any section thereof shall be deemed to be a part of the Revised Statutes or such statute. Amended by L.1960, c. 187, p. 781, s. 6.

N.J. Stat. § 1:1-7 References to titles, subtitles, chapters, articles and sections

All references in the Revised Statutes or in any other statute to titles, subtitles, chapters, articles or sections are to the titles, subtitles, chapters, articles or sections of the Revised Statutes, or of such other statute, as the case may be, unless they are otherwise designated in such statute and such references to titles, subtitles, chapters or articles, without further description or limitation as to sections, shall be construed to refer to all the sections contained within the titles, subtitles, chapters or articles or statute to which such references are made. Amended by L.1960, c. 187, p. 781, s. 7.

N.J. Stat. § 1:1-8 Inclusive references

References in the Revised Statutes or in any statute to more than 1 title, subtitle, chapter, article, section or other division of the Revised Statutes or of any other statute, in series, shall be taken to include both the first and last numbers referred to. Amended by L.1960, c. 187, p. 781, s. 8.

N.J. Stat. § 1:1-9 References to repealed or superseded statutes

If any statute or part of any statute, which is repealed or superseded by the enactment of any statute or of the Revised Statutes or of the New Jersey Statutes, is in substance re-enacted therein, a reference in any other statute to such repealed or superseded statute or to any section or sections thereof shall be deemed to be a reference to such re-enacted statute, or to the section or sections thereof, which supersede or correspond in substance to the section or sections so referred to, as the case may be. Amended by L.1960, c. 187, p. 782, s. 9.

N.J. Stat. § 1:1-10 Partial unconstitutionality

If any title, subtitle, chapter, article or section of the Revised Statutes, or of any statute or any provision thereof, shall be declared to be unconstitutional, invalid or inoperative, in whole or in part, by a court of competent jurisdiction, such title, subtitle, chapter, article, section or provision shall, to the extent that it is not unconstitutional, invalid or inoperative, be enforced and effectuated, and no such determination shall be deemed to invalidate or make ineffectual the remaining titles, subtitles, chapters, articles, sections or provisions. Amended by L.1960, c. 187, p. 782, s. 10.

N.J. Stat. § 1:1-11 Acts done, rights acquired, etc., under repealed acts not affected by repeal

The repeal, by the enactment of a. the Revised Statutes, b. the New Jersey Statutes, or c. any other revision law, of any statute or part of any statute, shall not in any way affect, impair or invalidate any act done or right or limitation vested or accrued, or any bonds issued, or taxes or assessments of any kind levied or imposed, or any tax sale had, or in any way annul, invalidate, take away, impair, limit, disturb or affect any right, title, estate, privilege, immunity or power or conveyance in, to or of either real or personal property, acquired, given, conferred, had or made under or by virtue of, or validated by, any statute or part of any statute so repealed. Amended by L.1960, c. 187, p. 782, s. 11.

N.J. Stat. § 1:1-12 § 1:1-12

No office, position or employment, created and existing at the time when the Revised Statutes shall become effective, under or by virtue of any statute then in force, shall be abolished nor shall the tenure, term or salary of any incumbent thereof be in any manner affected by the enactment of the Revised Statutes; but such office, position or employment shall continue and be held in all other respects subject to the provisions relating thereto contained in the Revised Statutes.

N.J. Stat. § 1:1-13 § 1:1-13

No board, commission or public body, established pursuant to any referendum or otherwise and existing at the time when the Revised Statutes shall become effective, under any statute then in force, shall be abolished by the enactment of the Revised Statutes, and the inclusion in the Revised Statutes, by compilation, revision or otherwise, of any such act of the legislature or of the substance thereof, shall not be construed to authorize or require the reestablishment or reorganization of any such board, commission or public body.

N.J. Stat. § 1:1-13.1 § 1:1-13.1

The inclusion in the Revised Statutes of the provisions, or the substance of the provisions, of any statute, in force at the time when the Revised Statutes shall become effective, for the appointment or election of the first members of any board, commission or other public body for unequal or staggered terms, in order to accomplish the expiration of the terms of office of the various members thereof at different times, shall not be construed to require or authorize the reorganization of any such board, commission or public body or the appointment of the successors of the members of any such commission, board or public body, then in office, to such unequal terms but in every such case such members shall continue to hold their offices for the terms for which they respectively were appointed or elected and, upon the expiration of their respective terms, their respective successors in office shall be appointed for the full terms of office otherwise provided for by the Revised Statutes.

N.J. Stat. § 1:1-14 § 1:1-14

No action, proceeding or matter of any kind whatsoever of a civil nature begun in any of the courts of this state or before any body, board or tribunal whatsoever at the time when the Revised Statutes shall become effective or at the time any act hereafter enacted shall become effective, by virtue, or under authority, of any act or part of any act repealed by the enactment of the Revised Statutes, or by any act hereafter enacted, shall be abated or discontinued because of such repeal; but the same may and shall be prosecuted to final judgment, decree or decision in accordance with the practice and procedure in force at the time when such action or proceeding was begun, except that where the course of practice or procedure for the enforcement of a right, or the prosecution of a suit, shall be changed, actions now pending, or hereafter begun shall be conducted as near as may be in accordance with such altered practice or procedure.

N.J. Stat. § 1:1-15 § 1:1-15

No offense committed, and no liability, penalty or forfeiture, either civil or criminal, incurred, previous to the time of the repeal or alteration of any act or part of any act, by the enactment of the Revised Statutes or by any act heretofore or hereafter enacted, shall be discharged, released or affected by the repeal or alteration of the statute under which such offense, liability, penalty or forfeiture was incurred, unless it is expressly declared in the act by which such repeal or alteration is effectuated, that an offense, liability, penalty or forfeiture already committed or incurred shall be thereby discharged, released or affected; and indictments, prosecutions and actions for such offenses, liabilities, penalties or forfeitures already committed or incurred shall be commenced or continued and be proceeded with in all respects as if the act or part of an act had not been repealed or altered, except that when the Revised Statutes, or other act by which such repeal or alteration is effectuated, shall relate to mere matters of practice or mode of procedure, the proceedings had thereafter on the indictment or in the prosecution for such offenses, liabilities, penalties or forfeitures shall be in such respects, as far as is practicable, in accordance with the provisions of the Revised Statutes or such subsequent act.

N.J. Stat. § 1:1-16 § 1:1-16

Neither anything contained in the Revised Statutes, nor the repeal of any act, law or statute by the enactment of the Revised Statutes, shall affect, impair or render invalid any ordinance or resolution of any municipality or state, county or local agency heretofore duly adopted or enacted under or by virtue of any act or part of any act repealed by the enactment of the Revised Statutes, such ordinance or resolution being valid and in force at the time of the enactment of the Revised Statutes; and any such ordinance or resolution shall remain in force and effect, notwithstanding the enactment of the Revised Statutes and the repeal by such enactment of any such act or part thereof.

N.J. Stat. § 1:1-17 § 1:1-17

The inclusion in the Revised Statutes, by revision, compilation or otherwise, of the substance of acts of the legislature, which, for their operative force and effect, depend upon the adoption thereof or of any proposal thereunder by the voters of the state or any political subdivision or district thereof, and commonly known as referendum acts, shall not be construed to require the resubmission of any such act or proposal to any body of voters who had adopted any such act or proposal prior to the effective date of the Revised Statutes, and any and all such acts so adopted prior to the effective date of the Revised Statutes shall be and remain valid and operative as revised, compiled or otherwise included in the Revised Statutes, and the adoption of any such proposal shall be and remain valid and operative in like manner.

N.J. Stat. § 1:1-18 Corporations, associations or societies; effect of repealer on existence, etc., thereof

The repeal by the enactment of the Revised Statutes or of any statute of any other statute or part thereof, under or by virtue of which any corporation, association or society, of whatsoever nature, was incorporated or formed and is in existence at the time when the Revised Statutes or such repealing statute, as the case may be, became or becomes effective, shall not be construed to work a dissolution of any such existing corporation, association or society; but the charter, certificate of incorporation or articles of association and the rights, powers, privileges, duties, obligations of and limitations upon any such existing corporation, association or society shall, unless otherwise provided in the Revised Statutes, or such repealing statute, continue as though the Revised Statutes, or such repealing statute, had not been enacted, and every such existing corporation, association or society shall remain and continue to be liable on its bonds and other obligations issued and outstanding on the date when the Revised Statutes became, or such repealing statute becomes effective. Amended by L.1960, c. 187, p. 783, s. 12, eff. Jan. 18, 1961.

N.J. Stat. § 1:1-19 § 1:1-19

Any corporation, association or society incorporated, organized or formed prior to the effective date of the Revised Statutes under or by virtue of any act or part of any act, the substance of which has been included, in whole or in part, in the Revised Statutes as a title, subtitle, part, chapter, article or section or sections thereof, may be referred to and shall be included within the designation or description of corporations, associations or societies incorporated, organized or formed under or by virtue of the provisions of such title, subtitle, part, chapter, article or section or sections.

N.J. Stat. § 1:1-20 § 1:1-20

The repeal by the enactment of the Revised Statutes of any act or part of any act under which any public institution or agency has been established shall not, unless such institution or agency has, prior to the effective date of the Revised Statutes, been abolished, affect the existence or continuance of such institution or agency, but the same shall be and continue in existence and be governed by the provisions of the Revised Statutes relating to and dealing therewith.

N.J. Stat. § 1:1-21 Construction and effect of statutes compiled or saved from repeal

Statutes and parts of statutes included in the Revised Statutes under the titles by which they were adopted by the Legislature and the statutes contained in Appendix A (App. A:1-1 et seq.), and statutes and parts of statutes included in the Revised Statutes or in any other statute by reference to their titles or in any other manner, and designated as "saved from repeal" shall have operative force and effect only to the extent that they were operative and effective at the time of the taking effect of the Revised Statutes or of such other statute, as the case may be. Such statutes or parts of statutes shall not be deemed repealed by the enactment of the Revised Statutes or of such other statute, except so far as they are inconsistent with the provisions thereof but, in so far as they may have been so repealed or have been superseded or impliedly repealed by legislation subsequent to their enactment, they shall remain so superseded or repealed, and shall have no further or additional effect because of their inclusion in the Revised Statutes, or such other statute, as aforesaid. Amended by L.1960, c. 187, p. 783, s. 13, eff. Jan. 18, 1961.

N.J. Stat. § 1:1-22 Statutes which became effective before September 15, 1948 relating to courts or officers existing prior thereto; effect to be given to

Any statute, which became effective prior to September fifteenth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight and still remains in effect and which contains any provision governing or relating to any court or officer, existing prior to said date in accordance with the Constitution of 1844, hereinafter designated, shall be given effect, on and after said date, as governing or relating to the court or officer established in accordance with the Constitution of 1947, hereinafter designated, as though the reference therein to the former court or officer were made to such latter court or officer, except as otherwise provided in this act or in the Rules made and promulgated by the Supreme Court and in cases in which the provisions of the Constitution of 1947 may be to the contrary, and any power conferred upon, jurisdiction vested in, duty provided to be performed by, limitation prescribed upon the action of, or provision governing or relating to, any such former court or officer shall, except as aforesaid, be conferred upon, be vested in, be performed by, be applicable to or govern or relate to such latter court or officer as fully as though such latter court or officer were specifically referred to therein: (a) Where the reference is to the Court of Errors and Appeals, it shall be given effect as though it were to the Supreme Court established by the Constitution of 1947, except where a right of review by the Court of Errors and Appeals, by appeal or otherwise, is provided for in such statute; (b) Where the reference is to the former Supreme Court, in respect to its appellate jurisdiction, it shall be given effect as though it were to the Appellate Division of the Superior Court, and otherwise as though it were to the Law Division of the Superior Court or a Judge of the Superior Court assigned to the Law Division thereof; (c) Where the reference is to the Court of Chancery, it shall be given effect as though it were to the Chancery Division of the Superior Court or a Judge of the Superior Court assigned to the Chancery Division thereof; (d) Where the reference is to the Prerogative Court, in respect to its appellate jurisdiction, it shall be given effect as though it were to the Appellate Division of the Superior Court, and otherwise as though it were to the Chancery Division of the Superior Court or a Judge of the Superior Court assigned to the Chancery Division thereof; (e) Where the reference is to the Circuit Court, it shall be given effect as though it were to the Law Division of the Superior Court or a judge of the Superior Court assigned to the Law Division thereof; (f) Where the reference is to the Chancellor as acting in, or constituting, the Court of Chancery, it shall be given effect as though it were to the Chancery Division of the Superior Court or to a Judge of the Superior Court assigned to the Chancery Division thereof, and otherwise as though it were to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court established by the Constitution of 1947; (g) Where the reference is to the Ordinary, as such, or as the Surrogate General or Judge of the Prerogative Court, or in terms of similar import, as acting in, or as, the Prerogative Court, in respect to his or its appellate jurisdiction, it shall be given effect as though it were to the Appellate Division of the Superior Court, and otherwise as though it were to the Chancery Division of the Superior Court or to any Judge of the Superior Court assigned to the Chancery Division thereof; (h) Where the reference is to the Chief Justice of the former Supreme Court, it shall be given the same effect as is herein provided where such reference is to a former "Supreme Court Justice;" (i) Where the reference is to a former Supreme Court Justice, as the Supreme Court Justice presiding in a circuit, or in such terms as indicate that the reference is to such former officer while performing his duty of presiding in or over the circuit of the former Supreme Court of a county, it shall be given effect as though it were to such Judge of the Superior Court as is assigned in a similar capacity in the county if any such Judge is so assigned, otherwise as though it were to a Judge of the Superior Court assigned to the Law Division thereof in the county; (j) Where the reference is to a Vice Chancellor, it shall be given effect as though it were to a Judge of the Superior Court assigned to the Chancery Division thereof; (k) Where the reference is to a Vice Ordinary, in respect to the exercise of any appellate jurisdiction or action in an appellate capacity, it shall be given effect as though it were to the Appellate Division of the Superior Court, and otherwise as though it were to a Judge of the Superior Court assigned to the Chancery Division thereof; (l) Where the reference is to a Circuit Court Judge, it shall be given effect as though it were to the Judge of the Superior Court assigned to the Law Division thereof; (m) Where the reference is to the Court of Oyer and Terminer, the Court of Quarter Sessions, the Court of Special Sessions, or the Court of Common Pleas, of any county, or to any Judge of any such court, it shall be given effect as though it were to the Law Division of the County Court of such county or to a Judge thereof; (n) Where the reference is to a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas sitting in the Court of Oyer and Terminer, in the Court of Quarter Sessions, in the Court of Special Sessions, or in the Court of Common Pleas, of any county, or to a Judge of the Court of Quarter Sessions, of the Court of Special Sessions, or of the Court of Common Pleas, of any county, it shall be given effect as though it were to a Judge of the County Court of such county; (o) Where the reference is to the Orphans' Court, or any Judge of the Orphans' Court, of any county, it shall be given effect as though it were to the Probate Division of the County Court of said county, or to a Judge of the County Court of said county; (p) Where the reference is to the Clerk of the Court of Errors and Appeals, it shall be given effect as though it were to the Clerk of the new Supreme Court; (q) Where the reference is to the Clerk of the Supreme Court, the Clerk in Chancery or the Clerk of the Court of Chancery, however described, or to the Register of the Prerogative Court, it shall be given effect as though it were to the Clerk of the Superior Court; (r) Where the reference is to the Clerk of the Court of Oyer and Terminer, the Clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions, the Clerk of the Court of Special Sessions, the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, or the Clerk of the Circuit Court, of any county, it shall be given effect as though it were to the county clerk of the county; (s) Where the reference is to the Clerk of the Orphans' Court of any county, it shall be given effect as though it were to the Surrogate of the county, acting as the Clerk of the Probate Division of the County Court of the county; (t) Where the reference is to an Advisory Master in Chancery, it shall be given effect as though it were to the same or to a similar officer of the Superior Court or such officer as shall be authorized to perform the same or similar duties in the Superior Court as were performed by such officer in the Court of Chancery; (u) Where the reference is to a Master in Chancery or a Master of the Court of Chancery or to a Solicitor in Chancery, it shall be given effect as though it were to an Attorney at Law. In the event that any such statute is proceeded under pursuant to law or the Rules of the Supreme Court, in any action, cause or proceeding, on or after September fifteenth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, by complaint, answer, crossclaim or counterclaim, or in any other manner, in any division or part of any court other than the division hereinbefore named, such statute shall be given effect as though the appropriate division or part of said court were named herein. L.1948, c. 375, p. 1540, s. 1.

N.J. Stat. § 1:1-23 Statutes containing references to proceedings under former prerogative writs

Where any such statute contains a reference to any proceeding under the former prerogative writs the reference shall be given effect, on and after September fifteenth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, as though it were to a proceeding in lieu of the prerogative writs provided for by the Rules made and promulgated by the Supreme Court. L.1948, c. 375, p. 1544, s. 2.

N.J. Stat. § 1:1-24 Statutes containing references to certain summary proceedings

Where any such statute contains a reference to any summary proceeding founded upon a cause of action of an equitable nature to be begun by petition the reference shall be given effect, on and after September fifteenth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, as though it were to a similar proceeding to be begun by complaint. L.1948, c. 375, p. 1545, s. 3.

N.J. Stat. § 1:1-25 Statutes containing references to "term of court"

When any such statute contains a reference to a "term of court" or to "terms of court" the reference shall be given effect, on and after September fifteenth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, as though it were to a stated session or stated sessions of such court. L.1948, c. 375, p. 1545, s. 4.

N.J. Stat. § 1:1-26 Statutes containing references to rules

Where any such statute contains a reference to the Rules of the Court of Chancery, the Rules of the Prerogative Court, the Rules of the former Supreme Court or the Rules of the Orphans' Courts or to a Rule or Rules of any of such courts, by any other designation, the reference shall be given effect on and after September fifteenth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, as though it were to the Rules or a Rule made and promulgated by the Supreme Court governing the practice and procedure in the court succeeding to the jurisdiction of the court referred to in such statute, if any such Rule is appropriate to the subject matter of such reference. L.1948, c. 375, p. 1545, s. 5.

N.J. Stat. § 1:1-27 Effective date

This act shall take effect September fifteenth, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight. L.1948, c. 375, p. 1545, s. 6.

N.J. Stat. § 1:1-28 Effect to be given certain statutory references upon taking effect of acts adopting new Titles 2A and 3A

Any reference to a section or sections of Title 2 or Title 3 of the Revised Statutes as amended and supplemented, included in any other title of the Revised Statutes as amended and supplemented, or in any other statute which became effective prior to the effective date of the adoption of Title 2A, Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice, as revised in one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one and Title 3A, Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others, as revised in one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one, and still remains in effect, shall be given effect on and after the date of the adoption of the said supplements to the Revised Statutes, consisting of Title 2A, Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice, as revised in one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one, and Title 3A, Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others, as revised in one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one, as though the reference therein were made to the section or sections of the said Titles 2A and 3A which contains the statutory material formerly included in the said section or sections of Titles 2 and 3 of the Revised Statutes as amended and supplemented, and that for the purpose of determining the said corresponding sections, reference may be made to the said distribution tables. Where the statutory material formerly included in Titles 2 and 3 of the Revised Statutes as amended and supplemented, is not included in the said Titles 2A and 3A and, therefore, not enacted in the said revisions of one thousand nine hundred and fifty-one, references thereto in any other title of the Revised Statutes as amended and supplemented, or in any other statute which so became effective and remains in effect, shall cease to be operative and shall be deemed to be superseded. L.1951, First Sp.Sess., c. 346, p. 1459, s. 1.

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