§ 255-a. Power of courts over docket. A court has the same power and jurisdiction concerning the docket of its judgment kept by the county clerk of the county in which it was rendered that it has concerning the docket kept by its own clerk; the judgment may be docketed and changes effected in the docket in the county clerk's office of any other county only upon the filing of a transcript or certificate of change issued by the county clerk of the county in which the judgment was rendered.

Terms Used In N.Y. Judiciary Law 255-A

  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • 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.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
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