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41
Creator:
New York (State). Office of Court Administration
Title:
Series:
B2913
Dates:
1984-1991
Abstract:
This series contains files created and collected during the Judicial Records Disposition and Archives Development Project. Files include project guidelines and forms, interim reports and final report, meeting minutes, correspondence and memoranda, reports of court visits, records survey notes, summary .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
42
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Abstract:
The recognizance roll is a record of the undertaking of bail, made before a justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature. The roll contains the same information as is found in the plaintiff's declaration, followed by a statement of the obligation of the bail. The recognizance roll was the formal record .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
43
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
Abstract:
The recognizance roll is a record of the undertaking of bail, made before a justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature. The roll contains the same information as is found in the plaintiff's declaration, followed by a statement of the obligation of the bail. The recognizance roll was the formal record .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
44
Creator:
Tri-State Regional Planning Commission
Abstract:
This volume contains a record of wills proved in the Supreme Court of Judicature at Utica. Wills were proved in the Supreme Court when there was a need for a speedier proof than that to be had in the Surrogates Courts (for instance, when the testator's property was in danger of loss). Proof of a will .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
45
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Abstract:
This series consists of writs of replevin, which were obtained by a plaintiff to recover physical possession of moveable goods unlawfully taken by the defendant. The writ was addressed to the sheriff of the county where the goods lay. It states the names of the parties to the action, describes the goods .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
46
Creator:
New York State Custodial Asylum for Feeble-Minded Women
Abstract:
This series consists of letters of administration of estates of New York residents who died out-of-state, or non-residents who died in the state. Most of the letters are for estates of persons who died intestate (without a will). Microfilm copy covers the period 1778-1797 only..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
47
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Probates
Title:
Series:
J0039
Dates:
1783-1801
Abstract:
This volume contains exemplifications, or official transcripts admissible as evidence, of wills, codicils to wills, letters testamentary granted to the executor of a will, and letters of administration granted to the administrator of an estate (in the event there was no will). A few of the wills registered .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
48
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of the record of wills proved before the Chancellor of the State Court of Chancery. A law of 1830 required that wills in which the witnesses resided out of state or which were filed with a foreign or out-of-state court or government office be proved in the Court of Chancery. A will .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
49
Creator:
New York (State). Secretary of State
Abstract:
The series consists of an assortment of unrelated and unprocessed records from courts and various departments of state government. Records include receipts and cancelled checks from the Treasurer's Office (1921-1925); judgments and other court records; bonds, bills, receipts, and statements (ca. 1770-1800); .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
50
Creator:
New York (State). Secretary of State
Abstract:
The series consists of severely burned and unidentified election records and/or Supreme Court records..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
51
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
Chapter 12 of the Laws of 1788 gave the Court of Chancery the responsibility for overseeing the well being and property of persons deemed idiots or lunatics and infant trustees (persons under the age of 21 whose person and estate are under the care of a trustee of guardian). This series is a listing .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
52
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series is an index by name of complainant to the enrolled decrees in Series J0065, New York State Court of Chancery Decrees and Papers Before 1800, 1684-1800. Each entry in this volume contains the name of complainant and defendant along with a file number. The majority of the decrees indexed were .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
53
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series contains a brief daily record of actions taken in cases heard by the Chancellor of the State Court of Chancery. The date of the hearing, the names of the parties and their attorneys, and a statement of actions taken are recorded for each case..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
54
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of one volume of handwritten forms to be used as models for various types of orders, decrees, and writs issued by the Court of Chancery. A law of 1803 allowed the Court to determine and change the form of all orders, decrees, and process it issued. The elimination of or changes .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
55
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery. Chancery Fund
Abstract:
This series is a record of fees paid by solicitors and counsellors to the Register. Each account contains the name and residence of a solicitor, counsellor, or law partnership and a listing of fees. Each entry in an account gives the date the fee was charged, the title of the case, the service provided .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
56
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of an alphabetical listing of mortgages filed with the Register and serves as a partial index to Series J4061, New York State Court of Chancery Mortgages Filed in Register's Office. The rules of the court required the Master involved in a mortgage foreclosure case to file the mortgages .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
57
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of draft decrees and orders used as entry documentation for the State Court of Chancery Common Order Book 1806-1830, Register's Minutes of Decrees 1830-1847, and Register's Minutes of Common Orders 1830-1847. Draft decrees appear in this series beginning in 1830. Occasionally a .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
58
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Abstract:
The special bail piece is a memorandum filed with the court stating that the defendant has been delivered to bail. It gives the names of the defendant and plaintiff; name, occupation or rank, and residence of the bail (two persons are named, but generally one is fictitious--"John Doe" or "Richard Roe"); .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
59
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Appeals
Abstract:
This series consists of manuscript rough minutes compiled by the clerk of the original Court of Appeals during the period from July 1847 to June of 1870. Also included are rough minutes compiled by the clerk of the temporary Commission of Appeals during the period from July of 1870 to June of 1875. .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
60
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
Abstract:
This series consists of the dockets of judgments filed by the clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature at New York City. Each entry in the docket books gives the following information: name of party against whom judgment has been obtained, amount of debt, amount of damages and costs, date judgment was .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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