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Creator:
New York (State). State Board of Law Examiners
Abstract:
This series consists of cashbooks created by the treasurer of the Board to record amounts of cash received and cash expended. Entries include dates, names and addresses, and amounts of cash received and dates, notations, and amounts of cash expended. Most entries for cash received appear to be fees .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
22
Creator:
New York (State). State Board of Law Examiners
Title:
Series:
J2030
Dates:
1898-1905
Abstract:
This series consists of published copies of registers of attorneys and counselors at law. Entries include name of attorney; residence; date oath or affirmation was filed; court where admitted and date and place of admission..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors
Title:
Series:
J0157
Dates:
1784-1847
Abstract:
This series consists of records of equity and probate appeals and law cases in error. While very few case files contain all records related to the case, most however include the writ or petition and an assignment of error or answer to an appeal. Appeals also include proceeding transcripts. Post-1830 .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
24
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Appeals
Abstract:
none
Repository:
New York State Archives
25
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Appeals
Abstract:
This series consists of attorney admission affidavits filed with the State Court of Appeals. Each affidavit includes the following data: attorney name, residence, date of filing, date of admission, court where admitted, and whether the individual is native-born or a naturalized citizen (which sometimes .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
26
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Appeals
Title:
Series:
J4102
Dates:
1898-1927
Abstract:
This series consists of a partial index to series J3102, Attorney admission affidavits. There are several gaps in the index where folders spanning several years of names are missing. Entries include the following data: attorney name, residence, date of filing, date of admission, court where admitted, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
27
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court. Appellate Division. Third Department
Abstract:
This series consists of records and briefs filed in the Third Department of the Supreme Court's Appellate Division..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
28
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Appeals
Abstract:
This series documents oral arguments given in the New York State Court of Appeals. Also included are court calendars of cases to be heard, listing case number and title, and allotted time for the attorneys' argument. Parties involved include State of New York, City of New York, Governor George Pataki, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
29
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Appeals
Abstract:
This series consists of rough minutes of the Court of Appeals, 1870-1874..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
30
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Appeals
Title:
Series:
J0100
Dates:
1871-1903
Abstract:
This series consists of indexes to certificates of commencement of clerkships..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
31
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Abstract:
This series contains common rule books, which the clerks of the Supreme Court of Judicature were directed to keep. The 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. Each entry in the common rulebooks .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
32
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Title:
Series:
J0138
Dates:
1829-1847
Abstract:
This series consists of transcripts of judgments docketed by the clerk of the Supreme Court at Geneva. Information includes name of party against whom judgment has been obtained, name of party in whose favor judgment has been obtained, amount of debt, amount of damages and costs, date and hour of filing .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
33
Creator:
New York (State). Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors
Title:
Series:
J0158
Dates:
1784-1847
Abstract:
This series indexes Series J0157, Records of Appeals and Cases in Error, by name of appellant and plaintiff in error. Each entry consists of a file number referring to records in the series indexed and the names of the appellant or plaintiff in error and respondent or defendant in error. The first few .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
34
Creator:
New York (State). Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors
Title:
Series:
J0159
Dates:
1788-1846
Abstract:
This series is the official daily record of court proceedings. Recorded in the minutes are the date and the names of court members in attendance for each court session and the location for each term. The parties' names and what occurred are recorded for each case heard in a session. The series contains .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
35
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Appeals
Abstract:
The ledgers in this series appear to document expenses incurred by parties in various legal cases. Parties to a case are listed across from each other in the ledger. Each entry generally includes name, date, description of activity, and amounts. Amounts are totaled at the bottom of each entry..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
36
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Appeals
Title:
Series:
J2102
Dates:
1896-1940
Abstract:
This series consists of lists of attorneys who were admitted to practice law in the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Departments of the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, as well as lists of attorneys who were disbarred, suspended, or otherwise disciplined in these judicial departments. .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
37
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature
Title:
Series:
B0318
Dates:
1788-1794
Abstract:
This series consists of warrants related to circuit courts and Courts of Oyer and Terminer, Queens County. The warrants command the sheriff to summon freeholders to jury duty; to deliver prisoners to jail; and to notify various officers to appear at court. These documents were burned in the 1911 fire .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
38
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Appeals
Abstract:
The records and briefs in this series were submitted to the New York State Court of Appeals upon appeal of a lower court judgment. They usually contain: Record or appendix, Plaintiff's briefs, and Defendant's briefs. Other documents, such as Reply brief(s) and Amicus brief(s), may also be included. .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
39
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature
Title:
Series:
J0007
Dates:
1797-1836
Abstract:
The volumes in this series are clerks' registers of writs issued and returned, declarations and other documents received and filed, and other business transacted in the Supreme Court of Judicature and in the Courts of Common Pleas in some of the counties of upstate New York. Each case is identified .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
40
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany, Utica, and Geneva)
Abstract:
This series consists of transcripts of decrees docketed by the Court of Chancery and its circuits. Each entry gives the name of the person against whom the decree was rendered; residence; amount of debt, damages, costs, or other sums decreed; date and hour of the docketing decree; names of the parties .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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