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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
J0028
 
 
Dates:
1829-1847
 
 
Abstract:  
This series consists of writs of capias ad respondendum (cap. ad resp.), which were orders to a sheriff to arrest and take into custody a defendant for appearance in court to answer the plaintiff's declaration. The writ states the name of defendant, the court term when he was required to appear, the .........
 
Repository:  
New York State Archives
 

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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
J0153
 
 
Dates:
1818-1825
 
 
Abstract:  
These registers contain entries of writs issued by the court and returned by sheriffs. The returns are for writs of capias ad respondendum, by which defendants were arrested and held for appearance in court; writs of habeas corpus, by which defendants, witnesses, or other persons were arrested for the .........
 
Repository:  
New York State Archives
 

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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
J0226
 
 
Dates:
1815-1847
 
 
Abstract:  
This fragmentary series consists of registers of returns of writs issued by the court and returned by sheriffs to circuit courts in various upstate counties. The returns are for writs of capias ad respondendum, by which defendants were arrested and held for appearance in court; for writs of summons, .........
 
Repository:  
New York State Archives
 

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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
J1153
 
 
Dates:
1837-1854
 
 
Abstract:  
These registers contain entries of returns of writs of execution by sheriffs in counties served by the Albany office of the Supreme Court. The returns are mostly writs of fieri facias (fi. fa.) and capias ad satisfaciendum (ca. sa.), but there are a few for writs of habere facere possessionem and scire .........
 
Repository:  
New York State Archives
 

5
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
J1167
 
 
Dates:
1829-1839
 
 
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
 

6
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
J7026
 
 
Dates:
1829-1847
 
 
Abstract:  
This series contains precepts and precipes from the Supreme Court of Judicature. The precept is a writ commanding a sheriff to arrest a judgment debtor and imprison him until he pays the costs of an action for which he has been taxed and has refused to pay. Precipes are instructions to a court clerk .........
 
Repository:  
New York State Archives
 

7
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
 
 
Abstract:  
This series consists of indexes to writs returned by sheriffs and other court officers to the clerks of the Supreme Court at New York City. Indexes to writs returned to the Supreme Court provide date of return, name of attorney, names of plaintiff and defendant, type of writ, and hour returned..........
 
Repository:  
New York State Archives
 

8
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
 

9
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
J3130
 
 
Dates:
1797-1799
 
 
Abstract:  
This volume contains minutes of the return of writs by sheriffs (or by coroners, in cases of attachments against sheriffs), with notes of motions and orders for proper execution of writs which had been returned only partially executed. The most frequent entries are for writs of capias ad respondendum .........
 
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