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Displaying 351 Finding Aids
Title
- Commission of Appeals Clerk's minutes
Series Number
- J1212
Summary
- This series consists of minute books compiled by the clerk of the Commission of Appeals.
Creator
- New York (State). Commission of Appeals
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- New York State Supreme Court of Judicature (New York) record of wills proved at New York
Series Number
- J2041
Summary
- This series consists of microfilm copies of two volumes of recorded wills and probates (summary of proceedings to determine authenticity of will) made from originals held in the New York County Clerk's Office.
Creator
- New York (State). Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- General and special term minute books
Series Number
- J0130
Summary
- Minute books for 1797-1800 contain grand jury proceedings and minutes of trials and sentencing. The series also contains special rules or orders granted upon special motions, orders issued in real property proceedings, appointments of commissioners to screen candidates for attorney or counsellor in the Supreme Court, and general procedural rules.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Register's record of notices served
Series Number
- J0093
Summary
- This series is the Register's record of notices served on the complainant's or defendant's solicitor informing him that the adverse party has filed certain documents or has appeared before the court.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Court of Chancery miscellaneous filed papers
Series Number
- J0087
Summary
- This series consists of records filed in cases handled by the Chancellor or by the Vice Chancellor of the 1st Circuit without resort to an enrolled decree (i.e., through dismissal, a court order, an agreement between the parties, etc.). Files do not often contain information on the court's final determination of cases. For cases before 1830, this information appears in Series J0059, Chancery Minutes, 1781-1829; for later cases, it appears in either Series J0049, Register's Minutes of Decrees, 1830-1847 or Series J0046, Register's Minutes of Common Orders, 1830-1847.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Supreme Court of Judicature (New York) registers of writs sealed and issued
Series Number
- JN545
Summary
- Registers contain lists of writs sealed and issued by the clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature at New York City. Each entry in a register includes the date of issuance, names of plaintiff and defendant, and type of writ. County is mentioned if a writ was directed to a sheriff outside of New York City and County. Most of the entries are for writs of capias ad respondendum, capias ad satisfaciendum, and fieri facias, but many other types of writs are represented.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Judicial Records Disposition and Archives Development Project files
Series Number
- B2913
Summary
- This series contains files created and collected during the Judicial Records Disposition and Archives Development Project. Files include project guidelines and forms, interim reports and final report, meeting minutes, correspondence and memoranda, reports of court visits, records survey notes, summary statewide records inventory data, draft schedules, comments on schedule items, draft and final appraisal reports, and research materials. The latter include several pre-project unpublished reports on records management in the court system. About two-thirds of the records are draft records disposition schedules.
Creator
- New York (State). Office of Court Administration
Access Restrictions
- Access to certain records in this series may be restricted pursuant to New York State Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) Section 87.2(g). Staff will review requests for specific records and disclose in accordance with FOIL.
Title
- Common order book
Series Number
- J0045
Summary
- This series consists of copies of common orders (orders to which a party was entitled without having to show special cause) issued by the Chancellor. Court rules required that all orders issued by the Chancellor be entered by the Register in separate books. This series is continued by Series J0046, New York State Court of Chancery Register's Minutes of Common Orders, 1830-1847.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Register's docket of decrees requiring money payments
Series Number
- J0051
Summary
- This series consists of a list of final decrees issued by the Chancellor that were docketed, at the request of any party involved in a case, when a decree required a money payment by the losing party. Information recorded includes name of party against whom decree was rendered; his county and place of residence; his title, trade, or profession; amount of damages, debt, or cost decreed; date and time of docketing; name of all parties involved in the case; and when (if) decree was discharged, reversed, or vacated.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Rough minutes
Series Number
- J2108
Summary
- This series consists of rough minutes of the Court of Appeals, 1870-1874.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Appeals
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Minute books for the Trial of Issues
Series Number
- J0079
Summary
- The Court for the Trial of Issues was held by a justice of the Supreme Court for trials of issues which were not heard on circuit. The minutes of a trial include the title of the cause, the plaintiff's motion for the return of jury process with a panel of jurors annexed, a list of the jurors selected, a list of witnesses called for the plaintiff and defendant, and the jury's verdict and award of damages.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Albany)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Special bail book
Series Number
- J3202
Summary
- These volumes are dockets of undertakings 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 (Geneva)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- United States District Court for the Southern District of New York transcript of docket of judgments
Series Number
- JN597
Summary
- This volume is a transcript of the docket of money judgments rendered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and docketed by the court clerk, whose office was located in New York City.
Creator
- United States. District Court (New York : Southern District)
Access Restrictions
- Use and reproduction of fragile documents may be restricted.
Title
- Indictments and miscellaneous papers
Series Number
- JN593
Summary
- This series contains indictments, complaints, and one pleading in a civil case (1685).
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Oyer and Terminer (New York County)
Access Restrictions
- Use and reproduction of fragile documents may be restricted.
Title
- Docket of judgments
Series Number
- J0131
Summary
- This series consists of the dockets of judgments filed by the clerk of the Supreme Court of Judicature at New York City. Each entry in the docket books gives the following information: name of party against whom judgment has been obtained, amount of debt, amount of damages and costs, date judgment was signed, date filed, name of attorney for losing party, and date of satisfaction, if any.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Motions and notices of joinder in demurrer
Series Number
- J0125
Summary
- Most of the documents in this series are notices of joinder in demurrer, in which the plaintiff states that the demurrer will be opposed and the court moved for judgment on the ground that the defendant's demurrer is frivolous. There are also a few special motions for appointment of commissioners to admeasure dower, for stay of proceedings, for issuance of writs of certiorari or mandamus, and other actions. Earlier Geneva motion papers appear to have been lost.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Court of Admiralty case papers
Series Number
- A3297
Summary
- This series consists of process, pleadings, motion papers, evidence, and exhibits for cases brought before the Court of Admiralty. Over half of the cases are uncontested seizures of goods at customs.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Admiralty
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Chancery Register's minutes of decrees
Series Number
- J0049
Summary
- This series consists of copies of decrees and special orders issued by the Chancellor. The decrees include those appointing court officers, establishing court rules, and providing relief to petitioners and complainants. Information includes names of complainant, petitioner or applicant and defendant, date the decree was issued, and particulars of the case. Special orders generally include the name of the requester; the reason for issuing the order; the substance of the order; and occasionally the particulars of the case.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Certificates of clerkships
Series Number
- J2104
Summary
- This series contains documents relating to clerkships served by persons who eventually would seek admission to practice as attorneys in the Supreme Court of Judicature. Records concerning law clerkships include certificates stating that a student began a clerkship and setting the term of the clerkship, affidavits of clerkship applicants, certificates attesting to the clerk's moral character, reports of examiners on whether individual candidates passed, and related documents. These documents appear to have been filed at Utica, not Geneva.
Creator
- New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Chancery forms
Series Number
- J0075
Summary
- This series consists of one volume of handwritten forms to be used as models for various types of orders, decrees, and writs issued by the Court of Chancery. A law of 1803 allowed the Court to determine and change the form of all orders, decrees, and process it issued. The elimination of or changes in a form is noted through annotations. These annotations often cite the date and the court rule mandating the change.
Creator
- New York (State). Court of Chancery
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.