§ 140 Division of state into judicial districts
§ 140-A Number of supreme court justices in each judicial district
§ 140-B General jurisdiction of supreme court
§ 141 Designation of supreme court justices to hold court in another county
§ 147 Holding special and trial terms
§ 147-A Powers of justice of supreme court
§ 148 Trial term may be held in parts
§ 149 Governor may appoint extraordinary terms and name justices to hold them
§ 150 Printing calendars in certain counties
§ 151 Publishing calendars in Monroe county
§ 152 Publishing calendars in Erie county
§ 153 Records kept by special deputy clerks shall be part of records of supreme court
§ 154 Duty of supreme court justices in first judicial district to enforce rules made by appellate division of first department
§ 155 Supreme court seal
§ 156 Appointment of special deputy clerks for the supreme court in Queens county
§ 158 Appointment of calendar clerk for Westchester county in the ninth judicial district
§ 158-A Appointment of calendar clerk for Dutchess county in the ninth judicial district
§ 158-B Appointment of calendar clerk for Schenectady county in the fourth judicial district
§ 158-C Appointment of calendar clerk for Putnam county and other necessary assistants
§ 160 Appointment of temporary stenographer where official stenographer fails to attend term
§ 161 Amount spent for services of temporary stenographer to be deducted from salary of official stenographer
§ 162 Justice of supreme court to certify amount of expenses of stenographer attending term
§ 163 Justices of supreme court in third and fourth judicial districts to certify to the department of taxation and finance amount of salaries and expenses of stenographers
§ 164 Emergency stenographers in criminal cases
§ 165 Power of supreme court justices in Nassau county to appoint law stenographers and typists
§ 165-A Power of supreme court justices in Dutchess county to appoint law stenographers and typists
§ 165-B Power of supreme court justices in Rockland county to appoint law stenographers and typists
§ 165-C Power of supreme court justices in Putnam county to appoint law stenographers and typists
§ 165-D Power of supreme court justices in Orange county to appoint law stenographers and typists
§ 165-E Power of supreme court justices in Westchester county to appoint secretarial assistants
§ 166 Power of supreme court justices in first judicial district to appoint attendants for supreme court
§ 167 Powers of supreme court justices in the third judicial district residing in Albany and Rensselaer counties to appoint confidential court attendants
§ 168 Power of supreme court justices in Kings, Queens, Richmond, Nassau and Suffolk counties to appoint court officers
§ 168 Classification of certain attendants
§ 169 Continuation in office of certain attendants and clerks
§ 170 Power of supreme court justices in Rockland county to appoint court officer or attendant
§ 171 Powers of supreme court justices residing in Erie county to appoint court officers to attend terms
§ 172 Power of supreme court justices residing in Kings and Queens counties to appoint interpreters
§ 173 Power of supreme court justices residing in Erie county together with county judge of Erie county to appoint criers
§ 173-A Power of supreme court justices in Erie county to appoint a secretary and junior secretaries to such justices
§ 173-B Power of supreme court justices of the eight judicial district to appoint a confidential law assistant to such justices
§ 173-C Power of supreme court trial justices of eighth judicial district to appoint stenographers
§ 174 Maintenance of supreme court house building in Kings county

Terms Used In New York Laws > Judiciary > Article 5 - Supreme Court

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Chambers: A judge's office.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Life estate: A property interest limited in duration to the life of the individual holding the interest (life tenant).
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. Source: FDIC
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.