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Creator:

New York (State). Court of Chancery

 

 

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This series contains oversized enrolled decrees in bound volumes and folders. Each decree was signed by the Vice-Chancellor in the 1st Circuit or by the Chancellor. One case was commenced in 1839 and finally determined by the Supreme Court in Equity (New York County) in 1893..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

2

Creator:

New York (Colony). Prerogative Court

 

 

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Volumes in this series index the enrolled decrees of the Court of Chancery that were filed with the Chancery clerks in New York City. The volumes do not index decrees filed in Albany, or decrees of the Vice Chancellors in the eight Chancery Circuits. The four volumes contain essentially the same data, .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

3

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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 .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

4

Creator:

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

 

 

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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

 

5

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Papers of Aaron Burr (Project)

 

 

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Card indexes document court cases in which Aaron Burr was an attorney or a litigant. Separate card files index plaintiffs, defendants, and attorneys; cases in each court; and cases in chronological order. Courts represented are the New York Supreme Court of Judicature, Court of Chancery, and Court for .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

6

Creator:

Commissioners of Records for the City and County of New York

 

 

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Printed volumes list notices of pending suits in equity filed in the New York County Clerk's Office. Each entry includes name of defendant, name of complainant, and date of notice. Courts with equity jurisdiction were the Court of Equity (1823-1829), Court of Chancery (1st Circuit) (1830-1847), and .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

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

 

 

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Series contains documents relating to litigation in the Supreme Court of Judicature, filed by the court clerk in New York City, and in that court's successor the Supreme Court (New York County), filed by the New York County Clerk. Most of the documents are pleadings by plaintiffs and defendants. There .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

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