New Jersey Historical Laws, Constitutions and Charters
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New Jersey Charters
| 1664 |
The Grant to Berkeley and Carteret, 1664 |
| 1664 |
Concessions and Agreements of the Proprietors, 1664 |
| 1672 |
The Declaration of True Intent, 1672 |
| 1674 |
King James' Grant to Carteret, 1674 via the Avalon Project, Yale University. |
| 1676 |
The Charter of Fundamental Laws of West New Jersey, Agreed Upon, 1676 via the Avalon Project, Yale University. |
| 1676 |
The Quintipartite Deed of Revision, Between E. and W. Jersey, July 1, 1676 via the Avalon Project, Yale University |
| 1680 |
The Duke of York's Second Grant to William Penn, Gawn Lawry, Nicholas Lucas, John Eldridge, Edmund Warner, and Edward Byllynge, for the Soil and Government of West New Jersey, August 6, 1680 via the Avalon Project, Yale University. |
| 1681 |
The Right of Government, Province of West New-Jersey, in America, the 25th of the ninth month called November, 1681 via the Avalon Project, Yale University. |
| 1681 |
The Fundamental Agreements of 1681 |
| 1682 |
Duke of York's Confirmation to the 24 Proprietors, March 14, 1682 via the Avalon Project, Yale University. |
| 1683 |
The Fundamental Constitutions for the Province of East New Jersey in America Anno Domini 1683 via the Avalon Project, Yale University. |
| 1683 |
The King's Letter Recognizing the Proprietors' Right to the Soil and Government, 1683 via the Avalon Project, Yale University. |
| 1702 |
Surrender from the Proprietors of East and West New Jersey, of Their Pretended Right of Government to Her Majesty, 1702 via the Avalon Project, Yale University. |
| 1709 |
The Queen's Acceptance of the Surrender of Government, April 17, 1709 via the Avalon Project, Yale University. |
| 1712 |
Charles II's Grant of New England to the Duke of York, 1676, Exemplified by Queen Anne, 1712 via the Avalon Project, Yale University. |
| 1756 |
A treaty between the government of New-Jersey, and the Indians, inhabiting the several parts of said province: held at Croswicks, in the county of Burlington on Thursday and Friday, the eighth and ninth day of January, 1756. |
New Jersey Colonial Ordinances
New Jersey Constitutions
- New Jersey State Constitution
- Searchable by keyword or table of articles. The New Jersey Constitutional Convention Proceedings 1947 is also available.
The Early Constitutions of New Jersey by Edward Q. Keasbey, 1 New Jersey Law Review 20, May 1915.
- New Jersey Constitutional Documents Online via Rutgers School of Law - Camden.
Historical Compilations of New Jersey Law
Researching Older New Jersey Laws Research Guide Historic Statutes of New Jersey.
Title |
Available in the NJSL? (Call number in parentheses). |
| Index of Colonial and State Laws Between the Year 1663 and 1877 Inclusive by John Hood. (1877) |
via Google and Internet Archive |
| Index of Colonial and State Laws of New Jersey between the years 1663 and 1903 Inclusive by John Hood. (1905) |
yes ( J345 N5) and via Google |
| Laws and ordinances of New Netherland, 1638-1674, by Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan. (1868) |
via Google |
| Allinson's Acts |
yes (J348 N51.4q) |
| Bradford Laws |
yes (J348 W5.2) |
| The Earliest Printed Laws of New Jersey (1703-1722) |
yes (SS NJ) |
| Leaming and Spicer: The Grants, Concessions and Original Constitutions of the Province of New Jersey. (1758). Article on Leaming and Spicer from 14 N.J.L.J. 132. |
yes (J348 N51.1q) |
| Leaming and Spicer: The Grants, Concessions and Original Constitutions of the Province of New Jersey. (reprinted in 1881). Article on Leaming and Spicer from 14 N.J.L.J. 132. |
yes ( NJ KFN 1878 L4 2002) and via Rutgers |
| Kinsey's Acts |
yes (J348 N51q) |
| Bradford's Acts and Laws. (1740) |
no |
| Nevill's Acts (identified as New Jersey Provincial Statutes). (1752) |
via Rutgers |
| Nevill's Acts. (1761) |
yes |
| Wilson's Acts. (1784) |
yes (SS NJ) (reproduction) |
| Paterson 's Laws. (1800) |
yes (Rare Books) |
| Wilson's Public Laws. (1805) |
yes, (J348 N51.6b and J347 E95) |
| Bloomfield's Laws of the State of New Jersey. (1811) |
yes (Law) and via Rutgers, Google and Internet Archive |
| Pennington's Laws of the State of New-Jersey . (1821) |
via Google |
| Harrison's Compilation |
yes (J348 N51.9q) and via Google |
| Elmer's Digest (1838) |
yes (J348.02 L36) |
| Harrison's Public Laws |
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| Revision of 1845/1846/1847 |
yes (Law) and via Rutgers |
| Elmer-Nixon Digest. (1851) |
yes (J348 E48) |
Gifford's Digest. (1852) |
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| Elmer (Nixon) Digest. (1855) (Second Edition) |
yes (J348.02 L36) and via Google |
| Elmer (Nixon) Digest. (1868) (Fourth Edition) |
via Google |
| Revised Statutes of the State of New Jersey passed 1874 |
via Google |
| Revisions of the Statutes of New Jersey 1877 |
via New Jersey Digital Legal Library |
| General Statutes of New Jersey 1895 (Includes Luce's Table of Statutes) |
via New Jersey Digital Legal Library |
| Compiled Statutes of New Jersey, Vol. I. (1910) |
NJSL (Law) and via Google |
| Compiled Statutes of New Jersey, Vol. II. (1910) |
NJSL (Law) and via Google |
| Compiled Statutes of New Jersey, Vol. III. (1910) |
NJSL (Law) and via Google |
| Compiled Statutes of New Jersey, Vol. IV. (1910) |
NJSL (Law) and via Google |
| Compiled Statutes of New Jersey, Vol. V. (1910) |
NJSL (Law) and via Google |
| Cumulative Supplement to the Compiled Statutes of New Jersey, 1911-1924 (Three Volumes) (1925) |
NJSL (Law) |
| 1925-1930 Supplement to the Compiled Statutes of New Jersey (1931) |
NJSL (Law) |
| Revised Statutes of 1937 |
NJSL (Law) |
| New Jersey Statutes Annotated |
NJSL (Law) |
New Jersey Session Laws
New Jersey Session Laws are available in the New Jersey State Library and online at the Rutgers School of Law - Camden's New Jersey Session Laws Online page. Some years have also been scanned by Google.
Reporters
Old Treatises
Corporations
| 1892 |
The act concerning corporations in the state of New Jersey, approved April 7, 1875, with all amendments to January 1, 1892, together with notes and forms , by William H. Corbin. (Also available via Internet Archive.) |
| 1899 |
The General Corporation Act of New Jersey: being "An Act Concerning Corporations" (revision of 1896), including the amendments and supplements to the end of the legislative session of 1899 with precedents and forms by James B. Dill. |
| 1899 |
"New Jersey and the Great Corporations," Harvard Law Review, Volume 13, pages 198-212, 264-278 (1899-1900). |
| 1899 |
The statutory and case law applicable to private companies under the General corporation act of New Jersey and corporation precedents by James B. Dill. (Also via HathiTrust). |
| 1900 |
The organization and management of a business corporation, with special reference to the laws of New York, New Jersey, Delaware, West Virginia. Containing complete forms for by-laws, comparison of corporations and co-partnerships, and provisions for the protection of minority interests, by Thomas Conyngton. |
| 1901 |
The statutory and case law applicable to private companies under the General Corporation Act of New Jersey and Corporation Precedents 3rd Edition by James B. Dill. |
| 1902 |
The statutory and case law applicable to private companies with special reference to the General Corporation Act of New Jersey and corporation precedents applicable to corporations generally 4th Edition by James B. Dill. |
| 1903 |
The General Corporation Act of New Jersey by James Brooks Dill. (Also via Internet Archive and HathiTrust.) |
| 1910 |
The Statute and Case Law of the State of New Jersey Relating to Business Companies under an act concerning corporations (Revision of 1896) and the various acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto with annotations and forms by James B. Dill |
| 1911 |
The statutory and case law applicable to private companies, with special reference to the general corporation act of New Jersey and corporation forms and precedents applicable to corporations generally by James B. Dill. |
| 1911 |
The Law of New Jersey Corporations, their organization and management with the text of the statutes relating to all stock companies, except banks, building and loan associations, canal, insurance, plank road, provident loan, safe deposit, surety, trust and turnpike companies with forms and precedents. Volume I by John S. Parker. |
| 1911 |
Parker's New Jersey Corporations: New Jersey Statutes of 1911 Relating to Corporations including the act concerning public utilities with notes by John S. Parker by John S. Parker. |
Courts and Lawyers of New Jersey
| 1849 |
The Provincial Courts of New Jersey by Richard Stockton Field. (Also via Internet Archive.) (A necrological notice of the Hon. Richard Stockton Field (1870)). (The Ordinance for Establishing Courts in New Jersey, by Austin Scott, New Jersey Law Journal, Volume 35, pages 164-70 (1912) discusses Field's speculation on the author of the ordinance establishing courts in New Jersey). |
| 1870 |
"History of the Constitution of New Jersey, Adopted in 1776, and of the Government Under It," by Lucius Q. C. Elmer, Proceedings of The New Jersey Historical Society, 2nd Series, II, pages 133-153. |
| 1872 |
The Constitution and Government of the Province and State of New Jersey, with Biographical Sketches of the Governors from 1776 to 1845, and Reminiscences of the Bench and Bar, during More than Half a Century (Volume 7 Collections of the New Jersey Historical Society) by Lucius Q. C. Elmer. |
| 1891 |
The Supreme Court of New Jersey by John Whitehead. Volume 3, The Green Bag, pages 355-379. |
| 1897 |
The Judicial and Civil History of New Jersey by John Whitehead. |
| 1903 |
The courts of New Jersey : their origin, composition and jurisdiction by William M. Clevenger. (via NJSL). |
| 1903 |
The New Jersey Practice Act: And the Centiorari, Quo Warranto and Mandamus Acts (revisions of 1903): with Complete Notes of Decisions, History of the Sources of the Various Sections, and Schedules Showing where Old Sections are to be Found in the New Acts by Wilbur A. Mott. |
| 1905 |
Courts and Procedure in England and in New Jersey by Charles H. Hartshorne |
| 1907 |
Digest of the decisions of the courts of law and equity of the state of New Jersey, from 1898 to 1907: embracing all cases reported in 31 Vroom to 43 Vroom, 10 Dickinson to 3 Robbins, and 21 to 29 New Jersey Law journal, each inclusive by John S. Mackay and Clifford L. Newman |
| 1912 |
The courts and lawyers of New Jersey 1661-1912, Volume I, by Edward Quinton Keasbey. |
| 1912 |
The courts and lawyers of New Jersey 1661-1912, Volume III, by Edward Quinton Keasbey. |
| 1915 |
The Early Constitutions of New Jersey by Edward Q. Keasbey, 1 New Jersey Law Review 20. |
| 1916 |
The New Jersey Practice Act of 1903: As Supplemented and Superseded by the Practice Act of 1912 and Practice Forms, with Supreme Court Rules Relating to Practice, and Complete Notes of Decisions Annotated Through and Including Pamphlet Laws 1916 and 97 Atlantic Reporter and 87 New Jersey Law Reports, James M. Sheen, LL.B. |
Education
| 1875 |
New Jersey school law, with notes, blanks and forms, for the use and government of school officers, prepared by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. (Also via HathiTrust). |
| 1881 |
New Jersey school law, with notes, blanks and forms for the Use and Government of School Officers, prepared by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. (Also via HathiTrust). |
| 1891 |
New Jersey School Laws with Notes, Blanks and Forms for the Use and Government of School Officers, prepared by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. (Also via HathiTrust). |
| 1894 |
New Jersey School Laws with Notes, Blanks and Forms for the Use and Government of School Officers, prepared by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. (Also via HathiTrust). |
| 1900 |
New Jersey School Laws, Revision of 1900, with Notes, Blanks and Forms for the Use and Government of School Officers, prepared by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. (Also via HathiTrust). |
| 1902 |
New Jersey school laws, revision of 1902, with notes, blanks and forms for the use and government of school officers, prepared by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. (Also via HathiTrust). |
| 1911 |
New Jersey School Laws and Rules and Regulations Prescribed by the State Board of Education with Notes, Blanks and Forms for the Use and Government of School Officers, by the Commissioner of Education. (Also available via Internet Archive.) (Also via HathiTrust). |
| 1914 |
New Jersey school laws and rules and regulations prescribed by the State Board of Education, with decisions by the commissioner of education and the State Board of Education and notes, blanks and forms for the use and government of school officers, prepared by the Commissioner of Education. (Also via HathiTrust). |
| 1918 |
New Jersey school laws: with rules and regulations prescribed by the State Board of Education with Decisions by the Commissioner of Education and the State Board of Education and blanks and forms for school officers. |
Miscellaneous
| 1833 |
A Review of the Trenton Decision in the Quaker Cause
By New Jersey Court of Appeals, New Jersey Court of Chancery. (Also available via Internet Archive.) |
| 1845 |
A legal argument before the Supreme Court of the State of New Jersey at the May Term, 1845, at Trenton, for the deliverance of four thousands persons from bondage by Alvan Stewart. |
| 1904 |
John Peter Zenger, His Press, His Trial and a Bibliography of Zenger Imprints: His Press, His Trial and a Bibliography of Zenger Imprints by Livingston Rutherfurd, John Peter Zenger. |
| 1910 |
Index-analysis of the Statutes of New Jersey, 1896-1909: Together with References to All Acts, and Parts of Acts, in the "General Statutes" and Pamphlet Laws Expressly Repealed : and the Statutory Crimes of New Jersey During the Same Period by Abraham Van Doren Honeyman. |
Municipal Law
| 1892 |
Report of the Commissioners appointed in compliance with the provisions of An Act entitled An Act to Provide for a Commission to Revise and Consolidate the General Statutes of this State relating to Villages, Towns and Townships, approved March 9th, 1891, Volume II (via Google). (also available via Internet Archives.) |
| 1893 |
Report of the Commissioners appointed in compliance with the provisions of An Act entitled An Act to Provide for a Commission to Revise and Consolidate the General Statutes of this State relating to Villages, Towns and Townships, approved March 9th, 1891, Volume II (via Google). (also available via Internet Archives.) |
| 1911 |
An act relating to, regulating, and providing for the government of cities, towns, boroughs, and other municipalities within this state. (via Google). (Also available via Internet Archives.) |
| 1918 |
Analysis of the laws affecting municipal and county finances and taxation by Arthur N. Pierson. (Also available via Internet Archive.) |
| 1918 |
Analysis of the laws affecting municipal and county finances and taxation by the Commission for the Survey of Municipal Financing of New Jersey. |
| 1919 |
New Jersey commission government law (Walsh act). (Fourth Edition). (Also via HathiTrust.) |
New Jersey Practice
| 1894 |
Forms of pleadings and precedents in the Court of Chancery of the state of New Jersey : and the revised rules of the Court of Chancery, rules of the Prerogative and Orphans' Courts, and the revised rules of the Court of Errors and Appeals ; also, practical notes and references to decisions on matters of pleadings and practice by S. Meredith Dickinson. |
| 1902 |
New Jersey Orphans' Court practice: containing An Act Respecting the Orphans, containing an Act respecting the Orphans Court Revision of 1898 together with the several supplements and amendments thereto and including all statutes which relate to practice under the above Act with notes of decisions affecting and construing the same together with a complete set of forms by Charles Frederick Kocher |
| 1903 |
The New Jersey Practice Act: And the Centiorari, Quo Warranto and Mandamus Acts (revisions of 1903): with Complete Notes of Decisions, History of the Sources of the Various Sections, and Schedules Showing where Old Sections are to be Found in the New Acts by Wilbur A. Mott. |
| 1912 |
The New Jersey Practice Act (1912) and Rules Annotated with new forms adapted to this procedure by Charles H. Hartshorne. |
| 1912 |
New Jersey Procedure - The Old and the New, by Edward Q. Keasbey, New Jersey Law Journal, Volume 35, pages 170-4. |
| 1915 |
Rules of the District Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey. General - Admiralty - Bankruptcy. Adopted September 1, 1915. |
| 1916 |
The New Jersey Practice Act of 1903: As Supplemented and Superseded by the Practice Act of 1912 and Practice Forms, with Supreme Court Rules Relating to Practice, and Complete Notes of Decisions Annotated Through and Including Pamphlet Laws 1916 and 97 Atlantic Reporter and 87 New Jersey Law Reports, James M. Sheen, LL.B. (Also available via Internet Archive.) |
Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey
Journal and Minutes of the Legislature
Journal and Votes of the House of Representatives
of the Province of Nova Cesarea or New Jersey
| 1703 (also via Internet Archive) |
Minutes of the Provincial Congress
and the Council of Safety of the State of New Jersey
| 1775-1776 |
Minutes and proceedings of the Council and General Assembly of the State of New-Jersey, in joint-meeting, from August 30, 1776 to October 29, 1799
| 1776-1799 |
New Jersey State Bar Association Yearbooks
New Jersey Law Journal
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July 23, 2010
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