New Jersey Statutes
§ 46:3-5 — Alienation of freeholds (statute quia emptores terrarum)
New Jersey § 46:3-5
JurisdictionNew Jersey
Title 46PROPERTY
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Bluebook
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 46:3-5 (2026).
Text
From and after March eighteenth, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, any freeholder may give, sell or alien the real estate whereof he is, or at any time shall be, seized in fee simple, or any part thereof, at his pleasure; and such donee, purchaser or alienee shall hold the same free of any tenure or service to the donor, seller or alienor.
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Bluebook (online)
New Jersey § 46:3-5, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/nj/46/46%3A3-5.