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Creator:

New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany, Utica, and Geneva)

 

 

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This series consists of writs of inquiry, which were orders of the Supreme Court of Judicature under seal, commanding a sheriff to empanel a jury to determine the exact damages sustained by the plaintiff who had obtained an interlocutory judgment..........

 

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New York State Archives

 

2

Creator:

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

 

 

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This series consists of writs of attachment, issued under seal of the Supreme Court of Judicature, ordering a sheriff or coroner to attach a person disobeying a court rule and to make him appear to answer for his contempt. Persons subject to attachment included judges, court clerks, attorneys, sheriffs, .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

3

Creator:

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

 

 

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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 (Albany)

 

 

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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 (Utica)

 

 

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This series consists mostly of two types of writs of execution: writs of fieri facias command a sheriff to levy the amount of a judgment from the moveable or real property of the judgment debtor; writs of capias ad satisfaciendum command a sheriff to arrest a losing party for a court appearance. The .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

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

 

 

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This series consists of writs of execution issued by the Supreme Court of Judicature, the majority of which conform to two types: the writ of fieri facias is a writ of execution commanding a sheriff to levy the amount of judgment from the moveable or real property of a judgment debtor; the writ of capias .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

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

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists mostly of two types of writs of execution: writs of fieri facias command a sheriff to levy the amount of judgment from the judgment debtor; writs of capias ad satisfaciendum command a sheriff to arrest a losing party for a court appearance. The series also includes various other .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

8

Creator:

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

 

 

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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 (Albany)

 

 

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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