§ 140. Division of state into judicial districts. The state is hereby divided into thirteen judicial districts, pursuant to the provisions of the first section of the sixth article of the constitution, which districts shall be arranged as follows: The first judicial district shall consist of the county of New York; The second judicial district […]
§ 140-a. Number of supreme court justices in each judicial district. The number of justices of the supreme court in each judicial district shall be as follows: 1. First district, thirty-eight; 2. Second district, fifty-two; 3. Third district, seventeen; 4. Fourth district, fourteen; 5. Fifth district, nineteen; 6. Sixth district, eleven; 7. Seventh district, twenty; […]
§ 140-b. General jurisdiction of supreme court. The general jurisdiction in law and equity which the supreme court possesses under the provisions of the constitution includes all the jurisdiction which was possessed and exercised by the supreme court of the colony of New York at any time, and by the court of chancery in England […]
§ 141. Designation of supreme court justices to hold court in another county. At the request of the presiding justice of any judicial department, the presiding justice of any of the other departments of the state may consent to the assignment from among the trial justices of any judicial district in his department, of such […]
§ 147. Holding special and trial terms. A special term or a trial term must be held by one judge, except that when private property located within the city of New York shall be taken for public use by the city of New York, the compensation to be made therefor shall be ascertained by a […]
§ 147-a. Powers of justice of supreme court. Any justice of the supreme court has power to hold a special or trial term of the supreme court in any county for the whole or any portion of the term, and to act upon any business which regularly comes before the term in which he is […]
§ 148. Trial term may be held in parts. A trial term of the supreme court in any county may be held in two or more parts, and a jury panel may be summoned to serve in each part, or jurors may be drawn from one panel, and the panel may be divided according to […]
§ 149. Governor may appoint extraordinary terms and name justices to hold them. 1. The governor may, when, in his opinion the public interest requires, appoint one or more extraordinary special or trial terms of the supreme court. He must designate the time and place of holding the same, and name the justice who shall […]
§ 150. Printing calendars in certain counties. The supreme court may, from time to time, by order, require the clerk to cause to be printed for the use of the members and officers thereof, the necessary copies of the calendar of causes, prepared for a term of the court. But this section does not apply […]
§ 151. Publishing calendars in Monroe county. The justices of the supreme court elected in the seventh judicial district, or a majority of them, shall designate a daily paper published in the city of Rochester, in which shall be printed day calendars of the courts of record held in and for the county of Monroe […]
§ 152. Publishing calendars in Erie county. The board of supervisors of the county of Erie may exercise from time to time the power to designate as hereafter provided a daily newspaper published in the city of Buffalo in which shall be printed day calendars of the courts of record held in and for the […]
§ 153. Records kept by special deputy clerks shall be part of records of supreme court. The minutes of the part or term of the supreme court to which any of the special deputy clerks appointed as provided in section one hundred and two of this chapter, is assigned by the justices of the appellate […]
§ 154. Duty of supreme court justices in first judicial district to enforce rules made by appellate division of first department. It shall be the duty of every justice of the supreme court in the first judicial district to enforce the rules made by the appellate division in the first department pursuant to section seventy-eight […]
§ 155. Supreme court seal. The seal kept by the county clerk of each county shall continue to be the seal of the supreme court, in that county. The provisions of this section shall not be applicable in those cases where special provisions are otherwise made by law.
§ 156. Appointment of special deputy clerks for the supreme court in Queens county. The justices of the supreme court residing in the county of Queens, or a majority of them, shall appoint and at pleasure remove a special deputy to the county clerk of the county of Queens for each part or term of […]
§ 158. Appointment of calendar clerk for Westchester county in the ninth judicial district. The justices of the supreme court for the ninth judicial district, or the majority of them, may appoint and may at pleasure remove a calendar clerk in and for the county of Westchester. No person shall be eligible to such appointment […]
§ 158-a. Appointment of calendar clerk for Dutchess county in the ninth judicial district. The justices of the supreme court for the ninth judicial district, or the majority of them, may appoint and may at pleasure remove a calendar clerk in and for the county of Dutchess. No person shall be eligible to such appointment […]
§ 158-b. Appointment of calendar clerk for Schenectady county in the fourth judicial district. The justices of the supreme court for the fourth judicial district, or the majority of them, may appoint and may at pleasure remove a calendar clerk in and for the county of Schenectady. No person shall be eligible to such appointment […]
§ 158-c. Appointment of calendar clerk for Putnam county and other necessary assistants. Subject to the provisions of article 7-A of this law, upon the nomination of the administrative judge of the supreme court for the ninth judicial district, the justices of the appellate division or a majority of them may appoint and at pleasure […]
§ 160. Appointment of temporary stenographer where official stenographer fails to attend term. If an official stenographer shall not be in attendance at a trial term of the supreme court, or a special term of the supreme court where issues of fact are triable, the justice presiding at the term may, in his discretion, employ […]
