If any person shall enter upon or into any real property and detain or hold the same with force,
whether or not any person be in it, by any kind of violence whatsoever, or by threatening to kill,
maim or beat the party in possession, or by such words, circumstances or action as have a natural
tendency to excite fear or apprehension of danger, or by putting out of doors, or carrying away
the goods of the party in possession, or by entering peaceably and then, by force or frightening
by threats, or by other circumstances of terror, turning the party out of possession, such person
shall be guilty of a forcible entry and detainer within the meaning of this chapter. With regard
to any real property occupied solely as a residence by the party in possession, if any person
shall enter upon or into said property and detain or hold same in any manner without the consent
of the party in possession unless the entry is made pursuant to legal process as set out in N.J.S.
2A:18-53 et seq. or 2A:35-1 et seq., such person shall be guilty of an unlawful entry and
detainer within the meaning of this chapter.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344, amended by L.1971, c. 227, s. 2, eff. June 21, 1971.
2A:39-3. Forcible detainer defined
No person lawfully or peaceably entering upon or into any real property shall hold or keep the
same with force; and whatever words or circumstances, conduct or actions, as will make an
entry forcible under this chapter shall also make a detainer forcible.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.
2A:39-4. Unlawful detainer defined