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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
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New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany and Utica)
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This series consists of writs of commission, directed to commissioners appointed by the writ, to take depositions from material witnesses residing in other states or countries. The return to the writ consists of the answers of the witness to interrogatories, transcribed and certified by the commissi.........
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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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Writs of procedendo are orders from the Supreme Court of Judicature directing the sheriff of New York City and County to deliver a defendant in a proceeding before the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of New York (known as the Mayor's Court) into the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. The .........
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New York State Archives
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New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
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This fragmentary series contains declarations, writs of inquiry and inquisitions, motion papers of all kinds, cognovits, stipulations, exceptions, demurrers, and other miscellaneous documents..........
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New York State Archives
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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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New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature
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This fragmentary series consists of registers of returns of writs issued by the court and returned by sheriffs to circuit courts in various upstate counties. The returns are for writs of capias ad respondendum, by which defendants were arrested and held for appearance in court; for writs of summons, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
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This series consists of writs of scire facias, which are orders under seal of the Supreme Court of Judicature commanding a sheriff to summon a defendant (or his heirs or assigns) to appear in court and show cause why execution of a judgment against him should not be levied from his property. The writ .........
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New York State Archives
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New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
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This series consists of affidavits of special bail for defendants. Each affidavit states that the special bail is worth double the amount demanded by the plaintiff in the writ of capias ad respondendum, after payment of all his debts, and that he is a freeholder or housekeeper in the county where 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 .........
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New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
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The rules in this series were entered on motion by the plaintiff's attorney. Defendants not required to file special bail endorsed the writ, whereupon the court rule entered the defendant's (fictitious) appearance. Other rules direct the sheriff to re-arrest a defendant who had not put in special bail .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
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This series consists of writs of dower, issued under seal of the Supreme Court, which ordered a sheriff to command the tenant of real estate to render unto the widow of its previous owner the one third dower right due to her, and to summon him to appear before the court if he refused to do so..........
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New York State Archives
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Creator:
New Netherland. Council
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This series consists of writs of appeal, in Dutch, from judgments made by the courts of New Amsterdam, Oostdurp (Westchester), Heemsteede, New Amstel, Wiltwyck (in the Esopus), Flushing (on Long Island), and Fort Orange. Writs of appeal were granted by the Council of the Colony of New York in response .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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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 (Geneva)
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
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
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This fragmentary series consists of lists of freeholders qualified to serve as jurors in the trial of issues in the Supreme Court of Judicature, as returned by sheriffs or county clerks. Each list gives the names of freeholders, their places of abode, and their "additions" (occupations or ranks). Most .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
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This volume contains minutes of the return of writs by sheriffs (or by coroners, in cases of attachments against sheriffs), with notes of motions and orders for proper execution of writs which had been returned only partially executed. The most frequent entries are for writs of capias ad respondendum .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
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Files in this series usually include the writ of error ordering the lower court to return records of the case to the Supreme Court; the lower court's return or answer; and the defendant's bill of exceptions stating the objections to the lower court proceedings. Defendants obtained writs of error to .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
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This series consists mostly of affidavits stating the grounds for a motion and sometimes summarizing proceedings in the cause, and attached notices informing the opposing party of the motion for a court rule. The series also includes other motions, petitions, draft rules, demurrers, notices of joinder .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
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This series consists of minute books, which contain special rules or orders granted upon special motions, orders issued in real property proceedings, appointments of commissioners to screen candidates for attorney or counsellor in the Supreme Court, and general procedural rules..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
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Minute books for 1797-1800 contain grand jury proceedings and minutes of trials and sentencing. The series also contains special rules or orders granted upon special motions, orders issued in real property proceedings, appointments of commissioners to screen candidates for attorney or counsellor in .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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