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Creator:

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

 

 

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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

 

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Creator:

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

 

 

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This series contains writs, other court documents, and miscellaneous non-government documents. Among the writs are capias ad respondendum (order to arrest a civil defendant); capias ad satisfaciendum, fieri facias, and scire facias (orders to execute a civil judgment); and venire facias juratores (order .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists mostly of writs of capias ad respondendum ordering a sheriff to arrest a defendant for appearance in court. Other writs ordering a sheriff to take action also appear..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

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..........

 

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 (New York)

 

 

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This series consists of writs of commission, issued under seal of the Supreme Court of Judicature, directed to commissioners appointed to take depositions under oath from witnesses residing in other states or countries. The return to the writ consists of the answers of the witness, transcribed by the .........

 

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

 

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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..........

 

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 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 and Utica)

 

 

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Abstract:  

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.........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature

 

 

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Abstract:  

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

 

 

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Abstract:  

This series consists mostly of writs of fieri facias (executions) issued out of the Supreme Court of Judicature and returned to the Court of Appeals. Also include are satisfaction pieces; orders to transfer Chancery case papers to the Supreme Court clerk in a particular county, a few orders and miscellaneous .........

 

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 .........

 

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 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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Abstract:  

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

 

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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 (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 (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..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

New York County (N.Y.). Clerk's Office. Division of Old Records

 

 

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Abstract:  

This card index provides access to documents (mostly on parchment, some on paper) filed by clerks of the Supreme Court of Judicature and Court of Chancery..........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

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

 

 

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The writ of habeas corpus ("you have the body") ordered a lower court or public officer to bring a defendant into the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Judicature. This small collection of writs of habeas corpus includes one colonial example; the others are from the early national period. Almost .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives