New Jersey Statutes
§ 2A:16-51 — Construction and citation of article
New Jersey § 2A:16-51
JurisdictionNew Jersey
Title 2AADMINISTRATION OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
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Bluebook
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2A:16-51 (2026).
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This article is declared to be remedial. Its purpose is to settle and afford relief from uncertainty and insecurity with respect to rights, status and other legal relations. It shall be liberally construed and administered, and shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it, and to harmonize, as far as possible, with federal laws, rules and regulations on the subject of declaratory judgments. It may be cited as the uniform declaratory judgments law.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344
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