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Creator:

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

 

 

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This series consists of writs of capias ad respondendum (cap. ad resp.), which were orders to a sheriff to arrest and take into custody a defendant for appearance in court to answer the plaintiff's declaration. The writ states the name of defendant, the court term when he was required to appear, the .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

2

Creator:

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

 

 

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This series consists of writs of possession (habere facias possessionem), issued under seal of the Supreme Court of Judicature, commanding a sheriff to give possession of a parcel of land to the person who was entitled to it after having won an action of ejectment in the Supreme Court of Judicature..........

 

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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

 

4

Creator:

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

 

 

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This series contains precepts and precipes from the Supreme Court of Judicature. The precept is a writ commanding a sheriff to arrest a judgment debtor and imprison him until he pays the costs of an action for which he has been taxed and has refused to pay. Precipes are instructions to a court clerk .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

5

Creator:

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

 

 

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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 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 (Geneva)

 

 

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This series consists of original writs (often called writs of summons) issued under seal of the Supreme Court, ordering a sheriff to summon a defendant to appear in court on a given day. Many of the actions involve promissory notes given by banking corporations, but there are also cases involving railroads, .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives

 

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Creator:

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

 

 

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This series consists of minutes of special rules entered during the special terms of the Supreme Court held at Rochester each October between 1841 and 1846. Information includes names of the parties and of the attorney making the motion for the rule, and the ruling of the court on the motion. The minute .........

 

Repository:  

New York State Archives