47-A – Superintendent of Schools.
§ 47-a. Superintendent of schools. The term “superintendent of schools” shall mean the chief school officer of a school district other than the city school district of the city of New York or a community school district therein. Except for purposes of section one thousand seven hundred eleven of the education law, any reference in […]
48 – Tense, Present.
§ 48. Tense, present. Words in the present tense include the future.
49 – Territory.
§ 49. Territory. The term territory when used generally to include every territory of the United States, includes also the District of Columbia.
50 – Time, Computation.
§ 50. Time, computation. Time shall continue to be computed in this state according to the Gregorian or new style. The first day of each year after the year seventeen hundred and fifty-two is the first day of January, according to such style.
51 – Time, Night.
§ 51. Time, night. Night time includes the time from sunset to sunrise.
52 – Time, Standard.
§ 52. Time, standard. 1. The standard time throughout this state is that of the seventy-fifth meridian of longitude west from Greenwich, except as hereinafter provided, and all courts and public officers, and legal and official proceedings, shall be regulated thereby. 2. At two o’clock ante meridian on the last Sunday in April of each […]
53 – Time, Use of Standard.
§ 53. Time, use of standard. Any act required by or in pursuance of law to be performed at or within a prescribed time, shall be performed according to the standard time.
53-A – Trial Juror; Trial Jury.
§ 53-a. Trial juror; trial jury. The terms “trial juror” and “trial jury”, are respectively equivalent to the terms “petit juror”, and “petit jury”, as used in the constitution and laws of the state.
46 – Signature.
§ 46. Signature. The term signature includes any memorandum, mark or sign, written, printed, stamped, photographed, engraved or otherwise placed upon any instrument or writing with intent to execute or authenticate such instrument or writing.
38 – Property.
§ 38. Property. The term property includes real and personal property.