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New York State Court of Chancery Assistant Register's Docket of Chancery and Vice-Chancery Decrees


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Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:
Volumes index those decrees in the Court of Chancery and the Chancery Circuits throughout the state that were docketed in the office of the Assistant Register in New York City, if the decree required a money payment by the losing party.
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Assistant Register's docket of Chancery and Vice-Chancery decrees
Quantity:

0.5 cubic feet

2 volumes

Inclusive Dates:
1830-1846
Series Number:
JN304

Arrangement

Alphabetical by initial letter of last name of indebted party (usually defendant), then chronological by date of docketing.

Administrative History

Revised Statutes of 1829, Part III, Chapter 1, Title 2, Article 3, Section 93-94 required the Chancery Register, Assistant Register, and Clerks to keep a docket listing, at the request of any party, final enrolled decrees that directed payment of any debt, damages, costs, or other sum of money.

Scope and Content Note

Volumes index those decrees in the Court of Chancery and the Chancery Circuits throughout the state that were docketed in the office of the Assistant Register in New York City, if the decree required a money payment by the losing party.

Each entry states the name of the indebted party (usually the defendant, occasionally the complainant); county or city of residence (often blank); occupation or rank (e.g. "gentleman," often blank); amount of debt and costs, and date from which interest accrued; date and time of docketing; full case title (including names of multiple parties); Chancery circuit number or Chancery Clerk's office (includes many decrees filed upstate); date of receipt of decree for docketing; and date of satisfaction of debt (infrequent).

Related Material

J0051 Register's Docket of Decrees and

JN502 Register of Chancery and Vice-Chancery Decrees Docketed in New York City, contain related records.

Related Publications

Inventory of New York County Clerk Court Records of Statewide Significance (New York State Unified Court System, Office of Court Administration, 2016), section 3.4, pages 77-78.

Other Finding Aids

Available at Repository

Index to letter sections at front of each volume.

Acquisition Information

These records were transferred by the New York State Unified Court System, Office of Court Administration in 2017.

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Detailed Description

Dates Contents Box

Accretion: JN304-17
1830-1840 Docket of Chancery and Vice-Chancery Decrees 1

Accretion: JN304-19
1841-1846 Docket of Chancery and Vice-Chancery decrees 1