New Jersey Revised Statutes § 40:43-1 - Every Municipality A Body Corporate

40:43-1. Every municipality a body corporate
The inhabitants of every municipality shall be a body corporate in fact and in law, and by its corporate name it shall have perpetual succession, may sue and be sued, have a common seal, and purchase, acquire, lease, hold, let and convey real and personal property for the use and benefit of the municipality.


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