§ 700 Definitions and rules of construction
§ 701 Certificate of relief from disabilities
§ 702 Certificates of relief from disabilities issued by courts
§ 703 Certificates of relief from disabilities issued by the department of corrections and community supervision
§ 703-A Certificate of good conduct
§ 703-B Issuance of certificate of good conduct
§ 704 Effect of revocation; use of revoked certificate
§ 705 Forms and filing
§ 706 Certificate not to be deemed to be a pardon

Terms Used In New York Laws > Correction > Article 23 - Discretionary Relief From Forfeitures and Disabilities Automatically Imposed By Law

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Chambers: A judge's office.
  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Eligible offender: shall mean a person who has been convicted of a crime or of an offense, but who has not been convicted more than once of a felony. See N.Y. Correction Law 700
  • Felony: means a conviction of a felony in this state, or of an offense in any other jurisdiction for which a sentence to a term of imprisonment in excess of one year, or a sentence of death, was authorized. See N.Y. Correction Law 700
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Revocable sentence: means a suspended sentence or a sentence upon which execution was suspended pursuant to the penal law in effect prior to September first, nineteen hundred sixty-seven; or a sentence of probation or of conditional discharge imposed pursuant to the penal law in effect after September first, nineteen hundred sixty-seven. See N.Y. Correction Law 700
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.