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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
Abstract:
This series consists of the dockets of judgments filed by the clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature at New York City. Each entry in the docket books gives the following information: name of party against whom judgment has been obtained, amount of debt, amount of damages and costs, date judgment was .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
Abstract:
This series contains writs of error and related documents; writs of habeas corpus; and a single writ of certiorari. All of the writs of error were directed to the Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of New York. Several of the writs of habeas corpus concerned custody of minors. Two writs of .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
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This small series contains one example each of a writ of covenant, writ of habere facias possessionem, and writ of proclamation. There is also a folder of unidentified writs..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
Abstract:
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
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
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Series:
JN505
Dates:
1832-1837, 1839-1847
Abstract:
Volumes contain entries indicating that the plaintiff's declaration (initial plea) was personally served on the defendant, whose appearance (submission to the court's jurisdiction) was entered by the court clerk on motion of plaintiff's attorney. Each entry contains the date, title of the case, and .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
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Series:
JN507
Dates:
1795-1798
Abstract:
Book contains entries by the court clerk of charges to attorneys for each document issued or filed. Amounts are computed in pounds, shillings, and pence. All accounts end with the word "copied," apparently referring to a successor book that does not survive..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
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Series:
JN508
Dates:
1748-1823
Abstract:
These special bail pieces were filed by the clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature at New York City. The bail piece states the names of the parties and the surety for satisfaction of the judgment if the plaintiff prevailed..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
Abstract:
This series contains precipes generated by the New York State Supreme Court of Judicature (New York). Precipes are brief instructions by an attorney to the court clerk to seal a writ or enter a common rule. The precipes list parties to the action and the attorney's name and date..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
Abstract:
Collection contains writs of arrest and a small number of other writs, issued out of the Supreme Court of Judicature. Over ninety percent of the documents are writs of capias ad respondendum, ordering a sheriff to arrest a civil defendant, thereby bringing him into the court's custody to answer the .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
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Series:
JN545
Dates:
1772-1776, 1790-1799 (with gaps)
Abstract:
Registers contain lists of writs sealed and issued by the clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature at New York City. Each entry in a register includes the date of issuance, names of plaintiff and defendant, and type of writ. County is mentioned if a writ was directed to a sheriff outside of New York .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
Abstract:
This small series consists of writs of certiorari. Writs were directed to the Court of Common Pleas (Mayor's Court) in New York City and County and in several other counties in eastern New York. Most of the writs have attached to them the return of proceedings in the Court of Common Pleas..........
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 of commission, court orders to obtain written testimony for a proceeding in the Supreme Court of Judicature. The writ appointed commissioners to depose a witness residing out of state or out of country. Accompanying the writ are interrogatories (questions to the witness) and, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
Abstract:
This collection contains writs of error filed by the clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature in New York City. The writ required the judge of a trial court to return a transcript of a judgment and related proceedings to the Supreme Court for review and determination. The writ alleges that "manifest .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
Abstract:
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 .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
Abstract:
This series consists of writs of scire facias. These writs were issued by the Supreme Court of Judicature to compel a judgment debtor or his heirs to satisfy the judgment against him..........
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 (New York)
Abstract:
This series includes documents relating to the assignment and sale of property of insolvent debtors who petitioned for relief, or the attachment and sale of property of "absconding, concealed, or non-resident debtors" in response to the petition of creditors. Most of the petitions were directed to the .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
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Series:
JN522
Dates:
1699-1837
Abstract:
This series contains documents relating to civil litigation in the Supreme Court of Judicature, filed by the court clerk whose office was in New York City, or in other locations between the years 1778-1783. Most of the documents are pleadings by plaintiffs and defendants, bonds, draft rules, and affidavits. .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
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Series:
JN535
Dates:
1838-1847
Abstract:
Series contains documents relating to litigation in the Supreme Court of Judicature, filed by the court clerk in New York City, and in that court's successor the Supreme Court (New York County), filed by the New York County Clerk. Most of the documents are pleadings by plaintiffs and defendants. There .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
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Series:
J0210
Dates:
1814-1858
Abstract:
This series consists of indexes to writs returned by sheriffs and other court officers to the clerks of the Supreme Court at New York City. Indexes to writs returned to the Supreme Court provide date of return, name of attorney, names of plaintiff and defendant, type of writ, and hour returned..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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