2009 New Jersey Code
TITLE 2A - ADMINISTRATION OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
2a:15
2A:15-41 - Capias;  grounds in action founded upon tort

2A:15-41.  Capias;  grounds in action founded upon tort
    A capias ad respondendum shall issue in an action founded upon a tort only when the action is founded upon (a) an outrageous battery or a mayhem, (b) a claim of damages for the misconduct or neglect of a public officer or (c) a wilful or malicious act and the defendant is a nonresident or is about to remove from the state.  In such a case the court shall hold the defendant to bail, in an amount which it thinks proper under the circumstances.
 
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.

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