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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
A0178
 
 
Dates:
1757-1762
 
 
Abstract:  
This volume contains entries of writs sealed by and issued out of the Supreme Court of Judicature of the Province of New York. Each entry gives the names of parties to the cause, the type of writ, the form of action under common law, and the name of the attorney to whom the writ was issued. Every type .........
 
Repository:  
New York State Archives
 

2
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
A0262
 
 
Dates:
1763-1824
 
 
Abstract:  
This series consists mostly of writs of capias ad respondendum ordering a sheriff to arrest a defendant for appearance in court. Other writs ordering a sheriff to take action also appear..........
 
Repository:  
New York State Archives
 

3
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
B0318
 
 
Dates:
1788-1794
 
 
Abstract:  
This series consists of warrants related to circuit courts and Courts of Oyer and Terminer, Queens County. The warrants command the sheriff to summon freeholders to jury duty; to deliver prisoners to jail; and to notify various officers to appear at court. These documents were burned in the 1911 fire .........
 
Repository:  
New York State Archives
 

4
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany and Geneva)
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
J0001
 
 
Dates:
1798-1847
 
 
Abstract:  
This series consists of fragments from other series originally filed in the Albany, Geneva, and perhaps Utica offices of the Supreme Court of Judicature. Most of the documents are motions, cognovits, writs of execution (usually fi. fa.), briefs, and affidavits of service of declarations. There are also .........
 
Repository:  
New York State Archives
 

5
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
J0002
 
 
Dates:
1797-1834
 
 
Abstract:  
The recognizance roll is a record of the undertaking of bail, made before a justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature. The roll contains the same information as is found in the plaintiff's declaration, followed by a statement of the obligation of the bail. The recognizance roll was the formal record .........
 
Repository:  
New York State Archives
 

6
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
J0003
 
 
Dates:
1807-1834
 
 
Abstract:  
The recognizance roll is a record of the undertaking of bail, made before a justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature. The roll contains the same information as is found in the plaintiff's declaration, followed by a statement of the obligation of the bail. The recognizance roll was the formal record .........
 
Repository:  
New York State Archives
 

7
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
J0004
 
 
Dates:
1829-1847
 
 
Abstract:  
The relicta et cognovit is the defendant's confession that he is liable for the debt or other damages alleged in the plaintiff's declaration, plus any costs and charges arising out of the action. The document gives the names of the parties and their attorneys and the amount of damages claimed. It is .........
 
Repository:  
New York State Archives
 

8
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
J0005
 
 
Dates:
1844
 
 
Abstract:  
The small number of documents in this series relate to a judgment by a town of Romulus justice of the peace in Seneca County. The judgment was removed to the Seneca County Court of Common Pleas by a writ of certiorari, and thence submitted without writ of error to the Supreme Court by stipulation of .........
 
Repository:  
New York State Archives
 

9
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
J0006
 
 
Dates:
1830-1847
 
 
Abstract:  
This series consists of reports of referees who were appointed by rule of the court to report the amount of damages (if any) due to a plaintiff in an action which involved complex money accounts. Each report gives the title of the cause, the amount of damages awarded, the signatures of the three referees, .........
 
Repository:  
New York State Archives
 

10
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature
 
 
Abstract:  
The volumes in this series are clerks' registers of writs issued and returned, declarations and other documents received and filed, and other business transacted in the Supreme Court of Judicature and in the Courts of Common Pleas in some of the counties of upstate New York. Each case is identified .........
 
Repository:  
New York State Archives
 

11
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
J0009
 
 
Dates:
1831-1842
 
 
Abstract:  
These records documenting pleadings of plaintiffs and defendants in common law actions include declarations of plaintiffs, defendant's pleas, replications, rejoinders, surrejoinders, cognovits, demurrers, reports of referees, reports of damages awarded, and writs of inquiry. The series contains plaintiffs' .........
 
Repository:  
New York State Archives
 

12
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
J0010
 
 
Dates:
1821-1829
 
 
Abstract:  
This fragmentary series contains declarations, writs of inquiry and inquisitions, motion papers of all kinds, cognovits, stipulations, exceptions, demurrers, and other miscellaneous documents..........
 
Repository:  
New York State Archives
 

13
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
J0011
 
 
Dates:
1815-1847
 
 
Abstract:  
This series contains two main groups of documents interfiled. The first group consists of plaintiffs' declarations or pleadings (in Latin, "narratio" or "narr."), with notices of the rule to plead; affidavits and admissions of service of these declarations; and related documents. The second group of .........
 
Repository:  
New York State Archives
 

14
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
J0012
 
 
Dates:
1829-1844
 
 
Abstract:  
This series consists of miscellaneous documents which did not fall into any other series and were filed together by the court clerk. They include draft rules, orders for exoneration of bail and surrender of defendants, recognizances of bail, consents to change attorneys, petitions and orders for appointment .........
 
Repository:  
New York State Archives
 

15
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
J0013
 
 
Dates:
1807-1847
 
 
Abstract:  
This series consists mostly of two types of writs of execution: writs of fieri facias command a sheriff to levy the amount of a judgment from the moveable or real property of the judgment debtor; writs of capias ad satisfaciendum command a sheriff to arrest a losing party for a court appearance. The .........
 
Repository:  
New York State Archives
 

16
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
J0014
 
 
Dates:
[ca. 1802-1862]
 
 
Abstract:  
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
 

17
Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
J0015
 
 
Dates:
1838-1847
 
 
Abstract:  
This series contains plaintiffs' declarations, which were the initial pleadings in common law actions. The declaration was made out by the plaintiff's attorney after the defendant had been arrested by a writ of capias ad respondendum. The declaration contains caption (name of the court and the term .........
 
Repository:  
New York State Archives
 

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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
J0017
 
 
Dates:
1829-1847
 
 
Abstract:  
This series contains plaintiff's declarations, which were the initial pleadings in common law actions. The declaration was made out by the plaintiff's attorney after the defendant had been arrested by a writ of capias ad respondendum. The declaration contains the following parts: caption; venue; commencement; .........
 
Repository:  
New York State Archives
 

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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
J0019
 
 
Dates:
1802-1829
 
 
Abstract:  
This series consists of documents relating to the partition of lands held by joint tenants or tenants in common. Each file contains some or all of the following documents: petition to Supreme Court seeking a rule appointing commissioners to partition lands held jointly or in common; affidavit of publication .........
 
Repository:  
New York State Archives
 

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Creator:
New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature
 
 
Title:  
 
Series:
J0021
 
 
Dates:
[ca. 1805-1847]
 
 
Abstract:  
This series consists of bills of exceptions, which were submitted by attorneys for defendants in inferior courts (civil or criminal) who intended to apply for a writ of error. The bill summarizes the proceedings to which exception is taken and is certified and signed by the judge (or judges) of the .........
 
Repository:  
New York State Archives
 

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