2A:159A-2 - Definitions - New Jersey Statutes

2A:159A-2.  Definitions
     ARTICLE II

     As used in this agreement:

    (a)  "State"  shall mean a State of the United States;  the United States of  America;  a territory or possession of the United States;  the District of Columbia;  the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

    (b)  "Sending State"  shall mean a State in which a prisoner is incarcerated  at the time that he initiates a request for final disposition pursuant to  Article III hereof or at the time that a request for custody or availability is  initiated pursuant to Article IV hereof.

    (c)  "Receiving State"  shall mean the State in which trial is to be had on  an indictment, information or complaint pursuant to Article III or Article IV  hereof.

     L.1958, c. 12, p. 33, s. 1 (Art. II).