§ 50 Right of privacy
§ 50-B Right of privacy; victims of sex offenses or offenses involving the transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus
§ 50-C Private right of action
§ 50-D Personnel records of court officers
§ 50-E Personnel records of bridge and tunnel officers, sergeants and lieutenants
§ 50-F Right of publicity
§ 51 Action for injunction and for damages
§ 52 Televising, broadcasting or taking motion pictures of certain proceedings prohibited
§ 52-A Private right of action for unwarranted video imaging of residential premises
§ 52-B Private right of action for unlawful dissemination or publication of an intimate image
§ 52-C Private right of action for unlawful dissemination or publication of a sexually explicit depiction of an individual
§ 52-C Employers engaged in electronic monitoring; prior notice required
§ 52-D Private right of action for unlawful dissemination or publication of a personal image

Terms Used In New York Laws > Civil Rights > Article 5 - Right of Privacy

  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Beverage: means carbonated soft drinks, water, beer, other malt beverages and a wine product as defined in subdivision thirty-six-a of section three of the alcoholic beverage control law. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-1003
  • Beverage container: means the individual, separate, sealed glass, metal, aluminum, steel or plastic bottle, can or jar used for containing less than one gallon or 3. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-1003
  • Board: means a facility siting board constituted pursuant to the provisions of section 27-1105 of this title. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-1101
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of environmental conservation. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-1003
  • 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.
  • Corporation: means the New York state environmental facilities corporation. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-1101
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Dealer: means every person, firm or corporation who engages in the sale of beverages in beverage containers to a consumer for off premises consumption in this state. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-1003
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Department: means the department of environmental conservation. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-1003
  • Disposal: means the abandonment, discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking or placing of any substance so that such substance or any related constituent thereof may enter the environment. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-1101
  • Distributor: means any person, firm or corporation which engages in the sale or offer for sale of beverages in beverage containers to a dealer. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-1003
  • 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 27-1101
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
  • 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,
  • 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.
  • Industrial hazardous waste: shall mean an industrial waste or combination of wastes, which because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical or infectious characteristics may:
    N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-1101
  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
  • 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.
  • Municipality: means any town, city, county or village. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-1101
  • Oral argument: An opportunity for lawyers to summarize their position before the court and also to answer the judges' questions.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: means any individual, public or private corporation, political subdivision, government agency, industry, partnership, association, firm, trust, estate or any other legal entity whatsoever. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-1101
  • Place of business: means the location at which a dealer sells or offers for sale beverages in beverage containers to consumers. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-1003
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Preferred hazardous waste management practices hierarchy: shall mean that policy established in section 27-0105 of this article. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-1101
  • Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Redemption center: means any person offering to pay the refund value of an empty beverage container to a redeemer, or any person who contracts with one or more dealers or distributors to collect, sort and obtain the refund value and handling fee of empty beverage containers for, or on behalf of, such dealer or distributor under the provisions of section 27-1013 of this title. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-1003
  • 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.
  • Reverse vending machine: means an automated device that uses a laser scanner, microprocessor, or other technology to accurately recognize the universal product code (UPC) on containers to determine if the container is redeemable and accumulates information regarding containers redeemed, including the number of such containers redeemed, thereby enabling the reverse vending machine to accept containers from redeemers and to issue a scrip or receipt for their refund value. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-1003
  • Storage: means the containment of hazardous waste, either on a temporary basis or for a period of years, in such a manner as not to constitute disposal of such hazardous waste. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-1101
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Treatment: means any method, technique, or process including neutralization, designed to change the physical, chemical or biological character or composition of any hazardous waste so as to neutralize such waste or as to render such waste nonhazardous, safer for transport, amenable for recovery, amenable for storage, or reduced in volume. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 27-1101