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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
Title:
Series:
JN508
Dates:
1748-1823
Abstract:
These special bail pieces were filed by the clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature at New York City. The bail piece states the names of the parties and the surety for satisfaction of the judgment if the plaintiff prevailed..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
22
Creator:
New York (State). Circuit Court (1st Circuit)
Title:
Series:
JN518
Dates:
1784-1817, 1824-1827
Abstract:
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 .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
23
Creator:
New York (Colony). Court of Oyer and Terminer
Title:
Series:
JN521
Dates:
1716-1717, 1721-1749
Abstract:
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..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
24
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court (New York County)
Title:
Series:
JN534
Dates:
1765–1852
Abstract:
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, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
25
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
Abstract:
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 .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
26
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
Title:
Series:
JN545
Dates:
1772-1776, 1790-1799 (with gaps)
Abstract:
Registers contain lists of writs sealed and issued by the clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature at New York City. Each entry in a register includes the date of issuance, names of plaintiff and defendant, and type of writ. County is mentioned if a writ was directed to a sheriff outside of New York .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
27
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
Abstract:
This small series consists of writs of certiorari. Writs were directed to the Court of Common Pleas (Mayor's Court) in New York City and County and in several other counties in eastern New York. Most of the writs have attached to them the return of proceedings in the Court of Common Pleas..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
28
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
Abstract:
This series contains writs of commission, court orders to obtain written testimony for a proceeding in the Supreme Court of Judicature. The writ appointed commissioners to depose a witness residing out of state or out of country. Accompanying the writ are interrogatories (questions to the witness) and, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
29
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Oyer and Terminer (New York County)
Title:
Series:
JN593
Dates:
1685, 1704, 1710, 1754-1755, 1759, 1791-1793
Abstract:
This series contains indictments, complaints, and one pleading in a civil case (1685)..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
30
Creator:
New York County (N.Y.). Clerk's Office
Abstract:
These volumes index enrolled decrees and transcribed enrolled decrees of the Court of Chancery (1st Circuit) filed by the court clerk. The indexes include adversarial cases, commenced by complaint, but not non-adversarial cases commenced by petition. The three volumes index the Vice-Chancellor's enrolled .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
31
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Title:
Series:
JN315
Dates:
1704-1847
Abstract:
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 .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
32
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
These volumes contain a chronological record of proceedings before the Vice-Chancellor and Assistant Vice-Chancellor in the Court of Chancery, 1st Circuit, in New York City. The rough minutes contain brief notes of proceedings, such as filing of papers and issuance of preliminary orders and a final .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
33
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
Title:
Series:
JN505
Dates:
1832-1837, 1839-1847
Abstract:
Volumes contain entries indicating that the plaintiff's declaration (initial plea) was personally served on the defendant, whose appearance (submission to the court's jurisdiction) was entered by the court clerk on motion of plaintiff's attorney. Each entry contains the date, title of the case, and .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
34
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
Title:
Series:
JN507
Dates:
1795-1798
Abstract:
Book contains entries by the court clerk of charges to attorneys for each document issued or filed. Amounts are computed in pounds, shillings, and pence. All accounts end with the word "copied," apparently referring to a successor book that does not survive..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
35
Creator:
New York (State). Circuit Court (1st Circuit)
Abstract:
The calendars in this series contain lists of civil cases commenced in the Supreme Court of Judicature and announced for trial in regular Circuit Court terms and in additional "sittings" in the city and county of New York..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
36
Creator:
New York County (N.Y.). Clerk's Office
Abstract:
Common rule books contain a record of common rules (or orders) entered by the clerk upon motion by the attorney for the plaintiff or defendant. Rules prior to July 1, 1847, were entered by the clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature in New York City. Starting July 1, 1847, rules were entered by the .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
37
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature
Title:
Series:
JN526
Dates:
1790-1847
Abstract:
Transcripts of dockets of judgments were filed in the office of the clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature in New York City by the other clerks of the court. Transcripts for the Albany office start 1790; Utica, 1807; Canandaigua (later Geneva), 1829. Each entry includes the name of the party against .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
38
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
Abstract:
This series contains precipes generated by the New York State Supreme Court of Judicature (New York). Precipes are brief instructions by an attorney to the court clerk to seal a writ or enter a common rule. The precipes list parties to the action and the attorney's name and date..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
39
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court (New York County)
Title:
Series:
JN540
Dates:
1787–1829, 1847-1856
Abstract:
The first two volumes in this series contain records of wills proved in the Supreme Court in New York City, 1787-1829. The record of a probate proceeding includes a copy of the will and the proof of the will. The volume for the years 1847-1856 includes wills of individuals residing or dying out of state .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
40
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
Abstract:
This collection contains writs of error filed by the clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature in New York City. The writ required the judge of a trial court to return a transcript of a judgment and related proceedings to the Supreme Court for review and determination. The writ alleges that "manifest .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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