If plaintiff in an action as to which a notice of lis pendens has been filed as herein required fails to prosecute the same diligently, the court wherein the action is pending may, for such cause or for other good cause shown, by order direct the county clerk or register of deeds and mortgages, as the case may be, to discharge the lis pendens of record.
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2A:15-10
Discharge of lis pendens of record when action not prosecuted
Known as the Punitive Damages Act
The act spans §§ 2–2 (79 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Chrysler Corporation v. Fedders Corporation, Salvatore Giordano, Sr., Salvatore Giordano, Jr., Bruno Giordano, Ignatius MacBrinn and Howard S. Modlin (1982)
Most recently applied in Chrysler Corporation v. Fedders Corporation, Salvatore Giordano, Sr., Salvatore Giordano, Jr., Bruno Giordano, Ignatius MacBrinn and Howard S. Modlin (January 1982)
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
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