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Township of Moorestown, NJ
Burlington County
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Code
New Laws (37) Index Notes (10)
Public Documents
Legislation (106)
A. 
Words defined. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
CHARTER or TOWNSHIP CHARTER
Council-Manager Plan E of Chapter 210 of New Jersey Laws of 1950, as amended and supplemented, N.J.S.A. 40:69A-114.1 et seq., and any and all general laws, as therein defined, which are or may be applicable to the Township.
CLERK or TOWNSHIP CLERK
The municipal Clerk duly appointed pursuant to the Charter.
DEPARTMENT
An organization unit or group of organization units of the Township government established or designated as a "department" by this chapter.
DIRECTOR
The administrative head of a department, regardless of his title.
GOVERNING BODY
The Council created and constituted pursuant to the Charter.
MANAGER
The Township Manager, Deputy Manager or Acting Manager appointed and serving pursuant to the Charter or this chapter.
MONTH
A calendar month unless otherwise specifically provided.
PERSON
Any corporation, firm, partnership, association, organization or other entity, as well as an individual.
TOWNSHIP
The Township of Moorestown, in the County of Burlington, State of New Jersey, as governed by the provisions of the Charter.
YEAR
A calendar year unless otherwise specifically provided.
B. 
Word usage. For the purposes of this chapter and any other ordinances heretofore or hereafter adopted, except as the context may otherwise require:
(1) 
The present tense includes the past and future tense; and the future, the present.
(2) 
The masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter.
(3) 
The singular number includes the plural; and the plural, the singular.
(4) 
The time within which an act is to be done shall be computed by excluding the first and including the last day, and if the last day is Sunday or a legal holiday, that day shall be excluded.
(5) 
"Writing" and "written" include printing, typewriting, stencil duplicating and any other visual mode of reproducing words or figures on paper or paper-like material which is in general use.