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Between 1786 and 1829 the Supreme Court of Judicature and the courts of common pleas shared with the Surrogate's Courts the power to prove and record wills devising (transferring) real property, and also wills whose witnesses were unable to appear in court to testify. The Mayor's Court of New York City functioned as the court of common pleas for New York City and County (which then had coterminous boundaries).
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