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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Abstract:
This series contains records of the pleas, issue, trial, and verdict in civil causes in Circuit Courts. Each record has the following parts: the placita, which gives names of the parties; the memorandum, which gives the name of the court, the term, the names of plaintiff and defendant, and the plaintiff's .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
Abstract:
This series contains records of the pleas, issue, trial, and verdict in civil causes in Circuit Courts. Each record has the following parts: the placita, which gives the names of the parties; the memorandum; the subsequent pleadings by both defendant and plaintiff; the imparlance, or allowance to the .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Abstract:
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 .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
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)
Abstract:
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 (Geneva)
Abstract:
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
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
Title:
Series:
J0029
Dates:
1807-1830, 1832
Abstract:
This series consists of writs of habeas corpus, which were orders of the Supreme Court commanding a judge, sheriff, or keeper of a prison or jail to deliver the body of a defendant, witness, or other individual into the custody of the court. It took several forms, the most common being the writ of habeas .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Abstract:
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 (Utica)
Abstract:
Files in this series usually include the writ of error ordering the lower court to return records of the case to the Supreme Court; the lower court's return or answer; and the defendant's bill of exceptions stating the objections to the lower court proceedings. Defendants obtained writs of error to .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Abstract:
This volume contains thirty-eight wills proved (determined to be valid) and recorded in the New York State Supreme Court of Judicature at Albany..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany, Utica, and Geneva)
Abstract:
This series consists of transcripts of decrees docketed by the Court of Chancery and its circuits. Each entry gives the name of the person against whom the decree was rendered; residence; amount of debt, damages, costs, or other sums decreed; date and hour of the docketing decree; names of the parties .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Abstract:
The Court for the Trial of Issues was held by a justice of the Supreme Court for trials of issues which were not heard on circuit. The minutes of a trial include the title of the cause, the plaintiff's motion for the return of jury process with a panel of jurors annexed, a list of the jurors selected, .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Abstract:
The special bail piece is a memorandum filed with the court stating that the defendant has been delivered to bail. It gives the names of the defendant and plaintiff; name, occupation or rank, and residence of the bail (two persons are named, but generally one is fictitious--"John Doe" or "Richard Roe"); .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
Abstract:
The special bail piece is a memorandum filed with the court stating that the defendant has been delivered to bail. It gives the names of the defendant and plaintiff; the name, occupation or rank, and residence of the bail (two persons are named, but generally one is fictitious--"John Doe" or "Richard .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Abstract:
The special bail piece is a memorandum filed with the court stating that the defendant has been delivered to bail. It gives the names of the defendant and plaintiff; the name, occupation or rank, and residence of the bail (two persons are named, but generally one is fictitious--"John Doe" or "Richard .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Abstract:
This series contains documents relating to clerkships served by persons who eventually would seek admission to practice as attorneys in the Supreme Court of Judicature. Records concerning law clerkships include certificates stating that a student began a clerkship and setting the term of the clerkship; .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature
Title:
Series:
J0124
Dates:
1811
Abstract:
This series consists of three documents, all relating to a writ of certiorari (not included) issued from the Supreme Court of Judicature to an unspecified court in Ulster County. These documents include a letter from John Sudam of Kingston requesting that the Supreme Court of Judicature hear an argument .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Abstract:
Most of the documents in this series are notices of joinder in demurrer, in which the plaintiff states that the demurrer will be opposed and the court moved for judgment on the ground that the defendant's demurrer is frivolous. There are also a few special motions for appointment of commissioners to .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
Abstract:
This series consists mostly of affidavits stating the grounds for a motion and sometimes summarizing proceedings in the cause, and attached notices informing the opposing party of the motion for a court rule. The series also includes other motions, petitions, draft rules, demurrers, notices of joinder .........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
Abstract:
This series consists of minute books, which contain 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 the Supreme Court, and general procedural rules..........
Repository:
New York State Archives
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