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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 .........

 

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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 (Albany)

 

 

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This series consists of writs of execution issued by the Supreme Court of Judicature, the majority of which conform to two types: the writ of fieri facias is a writ of execution commanding a sheriff to levy the amount of judgment from the moveable or real property of a judgment debtor; the writ of capias .........

 

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New York State Archives

 

4

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 (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 series consists of briefs, draft rules, affidavits and notices of motions, certificates of clerkships, and other documents bundled together by court term. Included are a few rules for attachment of property of sheriffs who had failed to put in bail for defendants; orders for holding circuit courts; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

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

 

 

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This series consists of documents filed in criminal cases heard and decided by the justices of the Supreme Court of Judicature in their capacity as judges of the Court of Oyer and Terminer in Albany County. Documents include writs of venire facias juratores, commanding the sheriff to empanel a jury; .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

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

 

 

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This series consists of common rule books, which contain a record of common rules or orders of the court, entered by the clerk on motion made by an attorney for one of the parties to a cause. The rules include orders to plead, orders for judgment favoring the defendant or plaintiff, orders regarding .........

 

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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 .........

 

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New York State Archives