§ 1201 Representation of Infant, Incompetent Person, or Conservatee
§ R1202 Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem
§ 1203 Default Judgment
§ 1204 Compensation of Guardian Ad Litem
§ 1205 Liability for Costs of Infant, Judicially Declared Incompetent, or Conservatee, or Representative
§ 1206 Disposition of Proceeds of Claim of Infant, Judicially Declared Incompetent or Conservatee
§ 1207 Settlement of Action or Claim by Infant, Judicially Declared Incompetent or Conservatee, by Whom Motion Made; Special Proceeding; Notice; Order of Set
§ R1208 Settlement Procedure; Papers; Representation
§ 1209 Arbitration of Controversy Involving Infant, Judicially Declared Incompetent or Conservatee
§ R1210 Guardian of Infant
§ R1211 Allowance for Infant’s Support

Terms Used In New York Laws > Civil Practice Law and Rules > Article 12 - Infants, Incompetents and Conservatees

  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • 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
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Disposal: means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking or placing of any substance so that such substance or any related constituent thereof may enter the environment, or the abandonment of any substance. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 71-4401
  • Environment: means any water, water vapor, any land including land surface or subsurface, air, fish, wildlife, biota, and all other natural resources. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 71-4401
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Regulated medical waste: means regulated medical waste as defined in title 15 of article 27 of this chapter. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 71-4401
  • Release: means any pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, or leaching, directly or indirectly, of a substance so that the substance or any related constituent thereof, or any degradation product of such a substance or of a related constituent thereof, may enter the environment, or the disposal of any substance. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 71-4401
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.