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New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)

 

 

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This series contains writs of error and related documents; writs of habeas corpus; and a single writ of certiorari. All of the writs of error were directed to the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of New York. Several of the writs of habeas corpus concerned custody of minors. Two writs of .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)

 

 

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This small series contains one example each of a writ of covenant, writ of habere facias possessionem, and writ of proclamation. There is also a folder of unidentified writs..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Court of Chancery

 

 

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This series contains interrogatories, cross-interrogatories, and depositions of witnesses in proceedings in the Court of Chancery, the Court of Equity (1st Circuit), and the Court of Chancery (1st Circuit). Almost all the depositions were taken by an Examiner in Chancery; a few were taken by court-appointed .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Commissioners of Records for the City and County of New York

 

 

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Series consists of indexes to case files for enrolled decrees and other final orders of the Court of Chancery and Court of Vice Chancery (First Circuit), approximately 1770-1847; and indexes to case files for judgments in equity and other special proceedings in Supreme Court (New York City and County), .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Court of Chancery

 

 

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Volume records court-ordered payments of cash and transfer of other financial assets by parties in Chancery proceedings, and their deposit with the Manhattan Company, a bank in New York City. Volume also contains signed receipts for money disbursed by the Manhattan Company and paid by the clerk of the .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Court of Chancery

 

 

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This series consists of writs of fieri facias, ordering a sheriff to sell a defendant's property in order to pay money owed to a complainant; writs of attachment, ordering a sheriff to arrest a defendant who was in contempt of court; and related documents..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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Commissioners of Records for the City and County of New York

 

 

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Cards index most files in Series JN324, Depositions and Exhibits in Chancery Cases. Each card states the names of complainant and defendant, name of court (Chancery), "nature of paper" (interrogatories, deposition, etc.), and document file code..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Court of Chancery

 

 

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This series consists of an index of names of parties in court cases and reference page numbers of unspecified volumes. Records cited in the indexes are unknown..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (Colony). Prerogative Court

 

 

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This series is an index of remittiturs from the New York State Court of Appeals. Register lists cases that were ultimately appealed to the Court of Appeals and returned to the Supreme Court (New York County) for execution of judgment..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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United States. District Court (New York : Southern District)

 

 

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This volume is a transcript of the docket of money judgments rendered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and docketed by the court clerk, whose office was located in New York City..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Circuit Court (1st Circuit)

 

 

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The rough minute books contain minutes of civil trials and other proceedings in regular terms of the Circuit Court and in additional "sittings" in the city and county of New York. Trial minutes include the names of plaintiff and defendant, attorneys, jurors, and witnesses, and may list documents introduced .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York County (N.Y.). Clerk's Office

 

 

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This volume partially indexes transcriptions of enrolled decrees of the Court of Chancery and Court of Chancery (1st Circuit) filed in New York City. Also indexed are a small number of judgments of the Supreme Court in Equity (New York County) after July 1, 1847, when the Court of Chancery was aboli.........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Court of Oyer and Terminer (New York County)

 

 

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This series contains indictments, complaints, and one pleading in a civil case (1685)..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Court of Chancery

 

 

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The first sub-series contains filed documents in cases that generally did not result in an enrolled decree, the final determination in a Chancery case involving a complainant and defendant. The second sub-series, including corporation cases, includes some decrees or draft decrees, mostly in mortgage .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Court of Appeals

 

 

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The 6 registers in this series list attorneys and counselors-at-law throughout New York State who filed an oath or affirmation with the clerk of the New York State Court of Appeals as required by laws of 1898 and 1899..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)

 

 

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This series consists of writs of scire facias. These writs were issued by the Supreme Court of Judicature to compel a judgment debtor or his heirs to satisfy the judgment against him..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Circuit Court (1st Circuit)

 

 

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The engrossed minute books contain the minutes, in fine handwriting, of civil trials and other proceedings in regular terms of the Circuit Court and in additional "sittings" in the city and county of New York. All actions were commenced in the Supreme Court of Judicature and an issue roll was sent to .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (Colony). Court of Oyer and Terminer

 

 

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Minute books contain a record of proceedings in the Court of Oyer and Terminer in each county outside of New York City and County. Minutes for each court session include a list of grand jurors, entries of indictments returned and defendants arraigned, and minutes of trials and sentences..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Supreme Court (New York County)

 

 

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Petitions were submitted by creditors for the issuance of a warrant of attachment, ordering a sheriff to seize the real and personal property of a debtor for payment of his debts. The proceeding was available when a debtor could not be arrested, either because he had absconded or concealed himself, .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

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New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)

 

 

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Collection contains writs of arrest and a small number of other writs, issued out of the Supreme Court of Judicature. Over ninety percent of the documents are writs of capias ad respondendum, ordering a sheriff to arrest a civil defendant, thereby bringing him into the court's custody to answer the .........

 

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New York State Archives