Finding Aid Search Results
1
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This small collection includes administrative orders relating to the Chancery Fund and Chancery Library, and examples of other documents, including a bill of complaint (copy), bonds, two estate inventories, solicitor and counselor admission papers, and two remittiturs from the Court for the Correction .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
2
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of copies of common orders (orders to which a party was entitled without having to show special cause) issued by the Chancellor. Court rules required that all orders issued by the Chancellor be entered by the Register in separate books. This series is continued by Series J0046, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of copies of common orders (orders to which a party was entitled without having to show special cause) issued by the Chancellor. Court rules required that common orders issued by the Chancellor be entered by the Register in separate books. This series continues Series J0045, New .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
4
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Title:
Series:
J0047
Dates:
1830-1847
Abstract:
This series consists of copies of common orders (orders to which a party was entitled without having to show special cause) issued by the Vice Chancellors of the 2nd through 8th circuits. A court rule required the clerks of the circuits to enter common orders in separate bound volumes. Included in this .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
5
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of copies of decrees and special orders issued by the Vice Chancellors primarily related to appointing court officials and providing relief to petitioners and complainants. Information includes the names of parties in the case, issue date, occasionally the place of issuance, and .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
6
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of copies of decrees and special orders issued by the Chancellor. The decrees include those appointing court officers, establishing court rules, and providing relief to petitioners and complainants. Information includes names of complainant, petitioner or applicant and defendant, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
7
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of an index of enrolled decrees, including names of complainant defendant and complainant's solicitor, and date decree was enrolled. Occasionally an entry contains a remark about the nature or disposition of a case. Series also includes is a list of maps that relate to land disputes .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
8
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Title:
Series:
J0065
Dates:
1684-1822
Abstract:
The series contains information on the particulars of cases, the results of court investigations, the content of testimony, and the determinations of the court. Records consist of decrees, bills of complaint, answers, testimonies, reports, and other documents filed in cases heard by the Chancellor. .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
9
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series contains a brief daily record of actions taken in cases heard by the Vice Chancellors of the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, and 8th Circuits. Information includes hearing date, names of the parties and often their solicitors, and a statement of actions. The statement varies in content and detail depending .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
10
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
11
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of records filed in cases handled by the Chancellor without resort to an enrolled decree. Files vary in content but may contain copies or originals of any or all of the following: bills of complaint; petitions; answers to complaints; Master's and other reports; depositions; transcripts .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
12
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
13
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of records filed in cases handled by the Chancellor or by the Vice Chancellor of the 1st Circuit without resort to an enrolled decree (i.e., through dismissal, a court order, an agreement between the parties, etc.). Files do not often contain information on the court's final determination .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
14
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of a list of cases in which decrees had been entered in the Register's office. Each entry in the list contains the names of the complainant, defendant, and solicitor; the date the decree was issued and the date the bills, answers, and other documents relevant to the case were received .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
15
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series is the Register's record of notices served on the complainant's or defendant's solicitor informing him that the adverse party has filed certain documents or has appeared before the court..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
16
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Title:
Series:
J0238
Dates:
1847
Abstract:
none
Repository:
New York State Archives
17
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This rule book was maintained by a Chancery Clerk as a summary record of common orders, most pertaining to producing witnesses and taking testimony.The name R.R. Lansing (Richard R. Lansing) is written on the front cover; he was the Chancery Clerk at Utica. The volume contains several handwritings..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
18
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of notes made, presumably, by the register of the Court of Chancery, of cases heard by Chancellor Reuben H. Walworth. Entries include the title of the case, the name of the solicitor for the petitioner, claimant, or appellant and the outcome of the case..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
19
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Abstract:
This series consists of drafts of decrees and orders entered in Series J0048, Clerk's Minutes of Decrees, 1830-1847, and Series J0047, Clerk's Minutes of Common Orders, 1830-1847. Within some court sessions common orders, special orders, and decrees are bundled separately..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
20
Creator:
New York (State). Court of Chancery
Title:
Series:
J2061
Dates:
1830-1847
Abstract:
This series consists of draft orders and decrees issued by the Vice Chancellor, copies of reports of fees collected by the court, lists of delinquent guardians, routine correspondence with the Chancellor and Register, appointment documents and oaths of office of court officials, and miscellaneous documents .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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