New Jersey § 3B:14-53 Definitions

New Jersey Statutes

§ 3B:14-53 — Definitions

New Jersey § 3B:14-53

Title 3BADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES--DECEDENTS AND OTHERS

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N.J. Stat. Ann. § 3B:14-53 (2026).

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As used in this article: a. "Bank" includes any person or association of persons, whether incorporated or not, carrying on the business of banking and any State chartered savings and loan association, or any Federal savings and loan association, having its principal office in this State; The inclusion of savings and loan associations within the provisions of this article shall not be construed as conferring upon those associations any powers not otherwise conferred by this article, nor as enlarging any powers so conferred; b. "Fiduciary" includes a trustee under any trust, express, implied, resulting or constructive, executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, curator, receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, assignee for the benefit of creditors, partner, agent, officer of a corporation, publ

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As used in this article: a. "Bank" includes any person or association of persons, whether incorporated or not, carrying on the business of banking and any State chartered savings and loan association, or any Federal savings and loan association, having its principal office in this State; The inclusion of savings and loan associations within the provisions of this article shall not be construed as conferring upon those associations any powers not otherwise conferred by this article, nor as enlarging any powers so conferred; b. "Fiduciary" includes a trustee under any trust, express, implied, resulting or constructive, executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, curator, receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, assignee for the benefit of creditors, partner, agent, officer of a corporation, public or private, public officer, or any other person acting in a fiduciary capacity for any person, trust or estate; c. "Person" includes two or more persons having a joint or common interest; d. "Principal" includes any person to whom a fiduciary as such owes an obligation; e. A thing is done "in good faith" within the meaning of this article, when it is in fact done honestly, whether it be done negligently or not. L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:14-53, eff. May 1, 1982.