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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Abstract:
This series contains recognizance rolls, which are records of the undertaking of bail, made before a justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature. The roll contains the same information as is found in the plaintiff's declaration, followed by a statement of the obligation of the bail. The recognizance .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Abstract:
The recognizance roll is a record of the undertaking of bail, made before a justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature. The roll contains the same information as is found in the plaintiff's declaration, followed by a statement of the obligation of the bail. The recognizance roll was the formal record .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
Abstract:
The recognizance roll is a record of the undertaking of bail, made before a justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature. The roll contains the same information as is found in the plaintiff's declaration, followed by a statement of the obligation of the bail. The recognizance roll was the formal record .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Abstract:
The special bail piece is a memorandum filed with the court stating that the defendant has been delivered to bail. It gives the names of the defendant and plaintiff; name, occupation or rank, and residence of the bail (two persons are named, but generally one is fictitious--"John Doe" or "Richard Roe"); .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Abstract:
This series contains documents pertaining to the surrender of a defendant and exoneration of his bail from liability for damages and costs awarded in a judgment. Bail might choose to render over their principal (i.e. the defendant) either before or after judgment, but it had to be done before return .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
Abstract:
This series contains documents pertaining to the surrender of a defendant and exoneration of his bail from liability for damages and costs awarded in a judgment. Bail might choose to render over their principal (i.e. the defendant) either before or after judgment, but it had to be done before return .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Abstract:
This series consists of dockets of undertakings of bail. Each entry gives the names of defendant and plaintiff, names of the bail (sometimes with their residences and occupations or ranks), name of defendant's attorney, and date of filing. Usually one of the bail is a fictitious person, i.e., "John .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
Abstract:
These volumes are dockets of undertaking of bail. Each entry gives the names of defendant and plaintiff, names of the bail (sometimes with their residences and occupations or ranks), name of defendant's attorney, and date of filing. Usually one of the bail is a fictitious person, i.e., "John Doe" or .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Abstract:
These volumes are dockets of undertakings of bail. Each entry gives the names of defendant and plaintiff, names of the bail (sometimes with their residences and occupations or ranks), name of defendant's attorney, and date of filing. Usually one of the bail is a fictitious person, i.e., "John Doe" or .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Abstract:
This series consists of affidavits of defendants' bail. Each affidavit states that the bail is worth a specified sum of money after payment of the defendant's outstanding debts (the amount was required to be double the amount of debt or damages claimed by the plaintiff in the writ of capias ad respo.........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
Abstract:
The special bail piece is a memorandum filed with the court stating that the defendant has been delivered to bail. It gives the names of the defendant and plaintiff; the name, occupation or rank, and residence of the bail (two persons are named, but generally one is fictitious--"John Doe" or "Richard .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Abstract:
The special bail piece is a memorandum filed with the court stating that the defendant has been delivered to bail. It gives the names of the defendant and plaintiff; the name, occupation or rank, and residence of the bail (two persons are named, but generally one is fictitious--"John Doe" or "Richard .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
Abstract:
This series consists of affidavits of special bail for defendants. Each affidavit states that the special bail is worth double the amount demanded by the plaintiff in the writ of capias ad respondendum, after payment of all his debts, and that he is a freeholder or housekeeper in the county where the .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Abstract:
The rules in this series were entered on motion by the plaintiff's attorney. Defendants not required to file special bail endorsed the writ, whereupon the court rule entered the defendant's (fictitious) appearance. Other rules direct the sheriff to re-arrest a defendant who had not put in special bail .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
Title:
Series:
J2165
Dates:
1807-1849
Abstract:
Common rule books contain a record of common rules or orders of the court, entered by the clerk on motion made by an attorney for one of the parties to a cause. Motions for common rules were granted as a matter of course during a court term or in vacation between terms..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Abstract:
This series consists of miscellaneous documents which did not fall into any other series and were filed together by the court clerk. They include draft rules, orders for exoneration of bail and surrender of defendants, recognizances of bail, consents to change attorneys, petitions and orders for appointment .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Title:
Series:
J1165
Dates:
1797-1849
Abstract:
This series consists of common rule books, which contain a record of common rules or orders of the court, entered by the clerk on motion made by an attorney for one of the parties to a cause. The rules include orders to plead, orders for judgment favoring the defendant or plaintiff, orders regarding .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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