2A:19-32 - Landlord's rights where assignor's goods removed - New Jersey Statutes

2A:19-32.  Landlord's rights where assignor's goods removed
    If the tenant, his assignee, or any other person, shall remove any goods and  chattels from the demised premises, after the assignment, the landlord, at any  time within 40 days after such removal, may seize such goods and chattels in  whosesoever hands the same may be found, as a distress for his rent, and  proceed with the same in the manner directed by law concerning distresses,  whether the rent by the terms of the lease be due or not, making a rebate on  the sum not due, as is required where a party suing out execution pays rent not  due to the landlord.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.