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Title

Clerk's semi-annual report of accounts

Series Number

J1076

Summary

This series consists of semi-annual reports on monies paid to the Clerk that were still in the custody of the court at the end of the reporting period. Each entry in the report was required to contain the title of the cause in or an account for which money was paid, the date the money was paid, for what purpose the money was paid, and bank in which the money was deposited.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery. Chancery Fund

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Title

Copies of pleadings furnished to Circuit Courts

Series Number

J0023

Summary

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 defendant of time to plead; the award of jury process in Circuit Court; and the continuances, or postponements, if any in the cause.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)

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Title

Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica) naturalization papers

Series Number

J9013

Summary

This series consists of documents relating to the naturalization of aliens by the Supreme Court of Judicature or by justices presiding at Circuit Courts. The documents, mostly from Oneida County, include the declaration of intention, in which an alien states his intention to renounce allegiance to a foreign state and to become a citizen of the United States; and the petition for naturalization, stating the country of origin and length of residence, and requesting to be admitted to citizenship.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)

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Title

Declarations

Series Number

J0015

Summary

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 in which the writ of capias was to be returned); venue; commencement (names of the plaintiff and defendant and of the plaintiff's attorney); and statement of cause of action.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)

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Title

Miscellaneous motions

Series Number

J0001

Summary

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 a few returns to writs of certiorari, depositions de bene esse, returns to writs of commission, etc.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany and Geneva)

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Title

Special bail books

Series Number

J2202

Summary

These volumes are dockets of undertaking of bail. Each entry gives the names of defendant and plaintiff, names of the bail (sometimes with their residences and occupations or ranks), name of defendant's attorney, and date of filing. Usually one of the bail is a fictitious person, i.e., "John Doe" or "Richard Roe."

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)

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Title

Miscellaneous writs and bail pieces

Series Number

A0262

Summary

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.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature

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Title

Common order book for determination of amounts due in mortgage cases

Series Number

J0206

Summary

This series consists of common orders issued by the Clerk in the name of the Vice Chancellor in the 7th Circuit in mortgage cases, by which a Master was ordered to determine the amount of principal and interest owed to the complainant.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

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Title

Writs of commission

Series Number

J0170

Summary

This series consists of writs of commission, directed to commissioners appointed by the writ, to take depositions from material witnesses residing in other states or countries. The return to the writ consists of the answers of the witness to interrogatories, transcribed and certified by the commissioners.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany and Utica)

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Title

Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors index to appeals and cases in error

Series Number

J0158

Summary

This series indexes Series J0157, Records of Appeals and Cases in Error, by name of appellant and plaintiff in error. Each entry consists of a file number referring to records in the series indexed and the names of the appellant or plaintiff in error and respondent or defendant in error. The first few entries in each alphabetical section also contain the date the case was opened and the name of the appellants or plaintiff's solicitor or attorney.

Creator

• New York (State). Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors

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Title

Minutes of Board meetings

Series Number

J2029

Summary

This series consists of minutes documenting activities of the State Board of Examiners. Minutes typically document examination and approval or disapproval of applications to the bar, establishment of rules, and establishment of dates and places for bar examinations.

Creator

• New York (State). State Board of Law Examiners

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Title

Miscellaneous motions

Series Number

J1126

Summary

This is a fragmentary series of "Motion Papers" arranged by attorney's name (1832: B-C and 1837: B, G only). Affidavits of motions state the grounds on which the court will be moved. There are motions for judgment as in case of non-suit; for change of venue; for taxation of a bill of costs; to set aside a judgment; to obtain writs of certiorari, error, and mandamus; and to refer a case to an outside party to determine amount of judgment.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)

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Title

Index to cases transferred by Clerk of Eighth Circuit to Supreme Court

Series Number

J0238

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

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Title

Register's and Assistant Register's reports of balances, bonds, and mortgages

Series Number

J4076

Summary

This series consists of draft and file copies of account balance sheets and lists of bonds and mortgages held by the Register and Assistant Register. Balance sheets note, for each case monies, on deposit with the court. Bond and mortgage lists include names of mortgagor or obligor; and original receiver of bond or mortgage; date received; penalty; amount and conditions of the loan; title of suit or fund used as surety; and to whom loan interest is paid.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery. Chancery Fund

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Title

Supreme Court of Judicature (New York) index to returns of writs and executions

Series Number

J0210

Summary

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.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)

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Title

Special order book for appointment of receivers

Series Number

J0204

Summary

This series consists of copies of special orders issued by the Vice Chancellor in the 7th Circuit directing a Master to appoint a receiver for an insolvent debtor and directing the debtor to turn over all his property, account books, and papers to the receiver.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery (7th Circuit)

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Title

Court calendars

Series Number

J4089

Summary

This series consists of court calendars prepared by the Register for the Chancellor. Entries consist of a priority number (starting at "1"), the names of the complainant and defendant, the date the case was begun, the method by which the case reached the hearing stage (e.g., bill confessed, demurrer, bill and answer), and the names of the solicitors.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

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Title

Rough minute books

Series Number

J1130

Summary

These two volumes contain the rough version of the engrossed minutes of the Supreme Court in its terms at Albany. These rough minutes sometimes contain less information than the engrossed minutes, especially in April term, 1797.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)

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Title

Declarations and motions before 1830

Series Number

J0010

Summary

This fragmentary series contains declarations, writs of inquiry and inquisitions, motion papers of all kinds, cognovits, stipulations, exceptions, demurrers, and other miscellaneous documents.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)

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Title

Cognovits

Series Number

J0004

Summary

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 signed by the plaintiff's attorney.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)

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