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Title

Precepts for circuit courts and Courts of Oyer and Terminer, Queens County

Series Number

B0318

Summary

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 but are legible.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature

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Title

Partial index to minute books

Series Number

J2130

Summary

This volume is a partial index to General and Special Term Minute Books of the Supreme Court of Judicature in its terms at Albany. Only selected cases are included, and the exact criteria for selection are unknown.

Creator

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

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Title

Index to Regents' certificates of law students' qualifying education

Series Number

J0109

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Appeals

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Title

Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva) judgment rolls

Series Number

J0137

Summary

This series consists of judgment rolls which have been signed, filed, and docketed by the clerk of the Supreme Court. The judgment roll contains the record of pleadings and proceedings in a cause, prepared by the attorney for the party to whom the judgment has been awarded. Accompanying the judgment roll proper are copies of other documents filed in the cause, in what may be termed the judgment record.

Creator

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

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Title

Motions

Series Number

J0126

Summary

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 in demurrer, and other documents.

Creator

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

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Title

Calendars of enumerated motions

Series Number

J2241

Summary

This series consists of calendars of enumerated motions argued before the Supreme Court of Judicature in special terms held at Rochester. Enumerated motions were those made to arrest judgment; those arising on a "case" reserved at trial in Circuit Court or agreed upon without trial; those arising on a special verdict; those arising on a demurrer, writ of error, or bill of exceptions; and those made to set aside a verdict, an inquisition or report of damages, or a non-suit.

Creator

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

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Title

Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica) declarations and motions

Series Number

J1013

Summary

This series consists mainly of declarations, or plaintiffs' initial pleadings; affidavits and admissions of service of these declarations; subsequent pleadings such as replications and rejoinders; demurrers; cognovits; writs of inquiry and inquisitions; and reports of damages as determined by clerks or referees. There are also some motions, including notices of motions and the affidavits stating the grounds on which the court was moved. The series also contains a few circuit rolls.

Creator

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

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Title

Register of law student applications granted and denied

Series Number

J5102

Summary

This series documents applicants for the New York State bar examination. Information provided includes number of application, name of applicant, residence, judicial department, date application received, college or university of graduation, year of graduation, law school attended, duration of attendance, date of filing Regents certificate, Regents certificate number, time of clerkship served, date and location of examination, date and location of certificate issued, certificate number, and remarks.

Creator

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

Access Restrictions

Restricted per Judiciary Law, Section 90.10; no access without prior permission of the New York State Board of Law Examiners.

Title

Day book for clerk's fees

Series Number

J0244

Summary

This volume contains accounts of fees charged by the clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Geneva. The entries were made daily, and each gives the date, name of attorney charged, nature of charge, and the amount charged. The fees are for impressing seals; copying dockets; searching and copying documents; taking affidavits; and taxing costs.

Creator

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

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Title

Court of Appeals docket books of motions

Series Number

J1224

Summary

This series consist of docket books of motions filed in the New York State Court of Appeals.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Appeals

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Title

Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva) special bail pieces

Series Number

J0099

Summary

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 Roe"); and the type of common law action. While this series includes some bail pieces for Albany and Utica, the bulk are found in related series J0096 and J0098.

Creator

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

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Title

Court of Appeals Minutes of Common Orders

Series Number

J0105

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Appeals

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Title

Special bail pieces

Series Number

J0098

Summary

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 Roe"); and the type of common law action. There are few bail pieces after 1831 because of the liberalization of bail requirements by the Revised Statutes of 1829 and because bail pieces were now customarily included in the judgment rolls.

Creator

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

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Title

New York State Court of Appeal lists of attorneys admitted and disciplined in the Supreme Court, Appellate Division

Series Number

J2102

Summary

This series consists of lists of attorneys who were admitted to practice law in the First, Second, Third, and Fourth Departments of the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, as well as lists of attorneys who were disbarred, suspended, or otherwise disciplined in these judicial departments. The series includes a list of female lawyers in New York State up to around 1919.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Appeals

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Restricted: No access without prior permission of Court of Appeals; Judiciary Law, Section 90.10.

Title

Calendars of enumerated motions

Series Number

J1241

Summary

This series consists of calendars of enumerated motions argued before the Supreme Court of Judicature. Enumerated motions were those made to arrest judgment; those arising on a "case" in Circuit Court or agreed upon without trial; those arising on a special verdict, a demurrer, a writ of error, a bill of exceptions, or a writ in the nature of a writ of error; and those made to set aside a verdict, an inquisition or report of damages, or a non-suit.

Creator

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

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Title

Indexes and abstracts of attorneys' accounts

Series Number

J0214

Summary

This series contains abstracts of attorneys' accounts with the clerk of the Supreme Court at Albany. To the left of each attorney's name is a consecutive number referring to account books which are no longer extant. In columns are entered balances due from the attorneys and occasional entries of payments. There are also notes of accounts sent to the county treasurers for collection and of notices sent to the attorneys reminding them of balances due.

Creator

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

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Title

Minutes of Court of Appeals decisions

Series Number

J0228

Creator

• New York (State). Law Reporting Bureau

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Title

New York State Commission of Appeals Clerk's calendars

Series Number

J0200

Summary

This series contains New York State Court of Appeals calendars for the period 1860-1869 and New York State Commission of Appeals calendars for the period 1870-1873. The Temporary Commission of Appeals was established to assist in disposing of the backlog of cases that had built up in the Court of Appeals prior to its reorganization under the Judiciary Article of 1869.

Creator

• New York (State). Commission of Appeals

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Title

Rough minutes

Series Number

J0162

Summary

This series consists of a daily record of court proceedings used to compile official minutes. As such it documents the progress of cases through the courts. Included are court members in attendance; parties involved; and a brief description of case proceedings. Early minutes typically summarizing proceedings; later minutes may include a resolution, decree, or judgment or the substance of an oral motion, argument, or discussion. The minutes also discuss the court's business during its final six months.

Creator

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

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Title

Records on appeal remitted from the Supreme Court, General Term, Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, and Court of Appeals

Series Number

J0016

Summary

This series consists of criminal cases, most of which were appealed to the Appellate Division (First Department), and several of which went to the Court of Appeals. The earlier volumes contain many records on appeal from the Supreme Court General term. In addition, there are original court papers such as notices of argument on appeal, signed and sealed appellate court orders affirming or reversing the decision of the lower court, and a few bills of exceptions and decisions.

Creator

• New York County (N.Y.). Court of General Sessions of the Peace

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