§ 101. Short title; application. This chapter shall be known as the civil practice law and rules, and may be cited as “CPLR”. The civil practice law and rules shall govern the procedure in civil judicial proceedings in all courts of the state and before all judges, except where the procedure is regulated by inconsistent […]
§ 106. Civil and criminal prosecutions not merged. Where the violation of a right admits of both a civil and criminal prosecution, the one is not merged in the other.
§ 107. Appendix of official forms. The state administrator shall have the power to adopt, amend and rescind an appendix of forms. Forms adopted pursuant to this section shall be sufficient under the civil practice law and rules and shall illustrate the simplicity and brevity of statement which the civil practice law and rules contemplate.
