{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-33-18","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 2A:33-18","heading":"Wrongful acts after distraint for rent;  remedy;  damages","body":"When a distress is made for rent justly due and an irregularity or unlawful  act shall afterwards be done by the party distraining, or his agent, the  distress shall not therefore be deemed unlawful nor the party making it deemed  a trespasser ab initio.  The party aggrieved thereby shall be entitled to  recover full satisfaction for the special damage sustained thereby, and no more.  When the plaintiff shall recover such damages, he shall be entitled to his full costs, the same as in other cases of costs.\nL.1951 (1st SS), c.344.","path":["TITLE 2A ADMINISTRATION OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"0e3c24952b5c18b9cd1c61927c42d52b77d33dac571949405ea0672a07d85bde","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-33-17","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-2a-33-19"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}