Skip to main content
THIS SITE
PREVIOUS SECTION Go back to sections Go back to the chapter Go back to the N.J. Statutes homepage NEXT SECTION


New Jersey Statutes, Title: 2A, ADMINISTRATION OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE

    Chapter 44:

      Section: 2A:44-157: Definitions

           Definitions. As used in this article:

"Processor" means a person engaged in the business of spinning, throwing, manufacturing, bleaching, mercerizing, dyeing, weighting, printing, finishing, dressing, scraping or otherwise treating or processing of linen, cotton, wool, silk, artificial silk, yarns, synthetic fibers or goods, skins, pelts, furs or hides, or goods of which linen, cotton, wool, silk, artificial silk, yarns, synthetic fibers, skins, pelts, furs or hides form a component part.

"Debtor" means a person indebted to a "processor" for labor performed or materials furnished in and about the business mentioned in the preceding paragraph of this section.

"Owner" means a person having title to the property herein described, either at law or in equity, or having a lien or encumbrance thereon or an interest in the same, other than the lien of the processor herein created.

"Person" includes a natural person or his legal representative, partnership, corporation, company, trust, business entity or association, and any agent, employee, salesman, partner, officer, director, member, stockholder, associate, trustee or cestui que trust thereof.

"Property" includes linen, cotton, wool, silk, artificial silk, yarns, synthetic fibers or goods, skins, pelts, furs or hides, or goods of which linen, cotton, wool, silk, artificial silk, yarns, synthetic fibers, skins, pelts, furs or hides form a component part.

L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended by L. 1985, c. 492, s. 1, eff. Jan. 21, 1986.



This section added to the Rutgers Database: 2013-06-10 16:36:30.






Older versions of 2a:44-157 (if available):



Court decisions that cite this statute: CLICK HERE.