{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-9-17b-4","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 9:17B-4","heading":"Period of minority and age of majority;  definition in testamentary disposition, will, deed, conveyance, trust or similar instrument","body":"Any testamentary disposition, will, codicil, deed, conveyance, sale, trust or similar instrument executed prior to January 1, 1973 in which the words \"minor,\"   \"minority\"  or  \"majority\"  are employed, shall, unless a contrary intention effectively appears, be construed to refer to the age of 18 years as delineating the period of minority and the age of majority.\nL.1977, c. 355, s. 1.","path":["TITLE 9 CHILDREN--JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS COURTS"],"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":"e2239c92e00ae22e82c309f9f1410c2834bdc11e36c87f482cd4ad730d7c740f","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-9-17b-3","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-9-21-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}