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181 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. NICQUAN D. SCOTT -- rank: 664

... accepted meaning, according to the approved usage of the language. [ N.J.S.A. 1:1-1.] The statute at issue requires the State to prove that ...

docket:	a4633-10
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2012-11-08
status:	published
citation:	429 N.J.Super. 1 55 A.3d 728
Document Size:	40125

182 RON MILLS -- rank: 662

... accepted meaning, according to the approved usage of the language. [ N.J.S.A. 1:1-1.] We will not go beyond the language of the statute ...

docket:	a3234-12
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2014-03-13
status:	published
citation:	435 N.J.Super. 69 86 A.3d 741
Document Size:	48211

183 State v. Rahsjahn Courtney -- rank: 658

... or unless another or different meaning is expressly indicated.” N.J.S.A. 1:1-1. “If the plain language leads to a clear and ...

docket:	a-17-19
court:	NJ Supreme Court
decided:	2020-07-02
status:
citation:
Document Size:	39643

184 THOMAS WILSON v. BRICK TOWNSHIP ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT -- rank: 655

... intent and purpose of the zoning plan and zoning ordinance. N.J.S.A. 1:1-1 states that "[i]n the construction of the law and ...

docket:	a3622-07
court:	njappellate
decided:	2009-01-22
status:	published
citation:	405 N.J.Super. 189
Document Size:	69843

185 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. PAUL DESANTIS -- rank: 655

... construction of the statute governing the time limitations in question. N.J.S.A. 1:1-1 provides general instructions for judicial construction of statutes and laws ... in accordance with such technical or special and accepted meaning. [ N.J.S.A. 1:1-1.] The Supreme Court has recently given us guidance on the ...

docket:	a2232-11
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2013-05-28
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	24519

186 State of new jersey v. quality management associates of new jersey, inc -- rank: 655

... meaning is expressly indicated, be given their generally accepted meaning . . . ." N.J.S.A. 1:1-1. We must "'look first to the plain language of the ... is other than a place where adult training occurs. See N.J.S.A. 1:1-1. Under the ordinance in question, a training program would be ...

docket:	a6286-08
court:	superior court appellate division
decided:	2010-07-14
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	90139

187 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. DANYELL FUQUA -- rank: 653

... accepted meaning, according to the approved usage of the language." N.J.S.A. 1:1-1. Applying this rule of construction would seemingly result in an ... both logically correct and consistent with the legislative mandate in N.J.S.A. 1:1-1 that "words and phrases . . . be given their generally accepted meaning ...

docket:	a3364-13
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2017-02-08
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	39051

188 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. DENNIS F. GARGANO, JR. -- rank: 649

... accepted meaning, according to the approved usage of the language.' N.J.S.A. 1:1-1. We do not read words and phrases 'in isolation[,]' but ... and 'unlawfully,' 'according to the approved usage of the language[,]' N.J.S.A. 1:1-1, include '[n]ot authorized by law; illegal[,]' Black's Law ...

docket:	a1230-22
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2023-08-28
status:	Published
citation:
Document Size:	51180

189 Pizzullo v. New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Company -- rank: 649

... coverage in accordance with subsection (a) of the immunity statute. N.J.S.A. 1:1-1 (declaring that "words and phrases having a special or accepted ...

docket:	a-21-07
court:
decided:	2008-08-07
status:
citation:
Document Size:	70607

190 IN THE MATTER OF THE APPOINTMENT OF THE APPOINTMENT OF THE COUNCIL ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING BY GOVERNOR PHILIP MURPHY -- rank: 647

... Corp., 232 N.J. 504, 515 (2018); and then quoting N.J.S.A. 1:1-1). 'If the plain language leads to a clear and unambiguous ...

docket:	a0050-22
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2024-01-23
status:	Published
citation:
Document Size:	52966

191 Carpenter Technology Corporation v. Admiral Insurance Company -- rank: 647

... v. Kelsey , 135 N.J. 500 , 516 (1994). See also N.J.S.A. 1:1-1 (stating that courts construe statutory words and phrases according to ...

docket:	a-76-00
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2002-06-17
status:
citation:	172 N.J. 504
Document Size:	78137

192 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. R.P.M. -- rank: 645

... Thus, we must give these words "their generally accepted meaning." N.J.S.A. 1:1-1. In 1979, when N.J.S.A. 2C:43-12 ...

docket:	a1605-15
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2016-09-15
status:	unpublished
citation:
Document Size:	43095

193 STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. S.B. -- rank: 642

... accepted meaning, according to the approved usage of the language. [ N.J.S.A. 1:1-1.] We apply common sense in divining the meaning of the ...

docket:	a5063-14
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2016-03-22
status:	published
citation:	445 N.J.Super. 49 135 A.3d 997
Document Size:	37699

194 NEWFIELD FIRE COMPANY NO. 1 v. THE BOROUGH OF NEWFIELD -- rank: 642

... State v. Hupka , 203 N.J. 222 , 232 (2010) (quoting N.J.S.A. 1:1-1).] "We consider the statute at the center of this case ...

docket:	a0751-13
court:	NJ Superior Court Appellate Division
decided:	2015-01-23
status:	published
citation:	439 N.J.Super. 202 107 A.3d 686
Document Size:	38862

195 DelaCruz v. Borough of Hillsdale -- rank: 642

... 473 (2001) (citations and internal quotation marks omitted).] See also N.J.S.A. 1:1-1 (�In the construction of the laws and statutes of this ...

docket:	a-72-03
court:	njsupreme
decided:	2005-04-12
status:
citation:	*CITE_PENDING*
Document Size:	67192