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30. May reverse affirm or modify, judgment, or or-
der appealed from,
34. Concurrence of five judges necessary to pro-
nounce judgment. If five do not concur, case
must be reheard,
35. Terms of the court,
36, 37. Places of holding the court,
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38. Publication of order, appointing places of hold-
ing the court,
CHAPTER IV.
The supreme court, including the circuits,
SECTION 39. Rules of common law and statutes now in force,
conferring or defining jurisdiction of this court,
abrogated and appealed,
40. Jurisdiction of this court, original and appellate,
41. Its original jurisdiction,
42. Its appellate jurisdiction,
43. Jurisdiction transferred to it, under the constitu-
tion,
30
44. Jurisdiction transferred to it, of actions in the
late mayor's court of the city of Rochester,
45, Division of the state into eight judicial districts,
and number of judges for each,
31
SECTION 46. Court distributed into general and special terms,
50. General term, to be held by at least three judg-
es, and special term or circuit, by one or
more of them,
51. General and special terms and circuits, may be
held by judges elected in any district,
52. Presiding judge at a general term,
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53. If presiding judge do not attend, judge to pre-
side, how designated,
54. Number of judges at general term, necessary
to pronounce judgment,
55. Duration of general terms and circuits,
56. Judge holding circuit, to hold a special term.
its duration or adjournment,
57. Court always open before each judge, for certain
58. Transaction of business by judges out of court.
Duty of judges in first judicial district, in this
respect,
59. Times and places of holding general and special
terms and circuits, to continue as at present
until December 31, 1950,
60. Number of general and special terms and cir-
cuits in each year,
37
61. Times and places of holding them, and judges
by whom held, how appointed,
62. Extraordinary general and special terms and
circuits how appointed,
38
63. Place of holding general and special terms and
circuits,
39
64. In case of inability of judge to hold them, de-
signation of another judge for that purpose,
65. Publication of appointment of time and place
of holding general and special terms and
circuits.
67. Its jurisdiction of actions and proceedings, where
cause thereof arose, or subject is situated in
the city of New-York,
68. Its jurisdiction of other civil actions,
69. Its jurisdiction of suits heretofore transferred to
70, Transfer hereafter of suits in supreme court, in
what cases, and how made,
71. Effect of the order of transfer,
72.
Number of judges of the court, and their names
75. Business of the general terms,
44
76. Business of the special terms,
45
77. Business of the trial terms,
78. General terms to be held by at least two judges,
and special terms by one only,
79. Who to preside at a general term,
80. Number of judges necessary to pronounce judg-
The court of common pleas of the city of New-York,
SECTION 85. The court continued, and name changed,
86-88. 1ts jurisdiction,
89. Number of the judges of the court, and their
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48, 49
49
95. General terms, to be held by at least two judges,
96. Who to preside at a general term,
97. Number of judges necessary to pronounce judg-
The courts of oyer and terminer,
SECTION 102. Court of oyer and terminer in each county,
103-105. Its jurisdiction,
106, 107. By whom held,
108. When and where held, and duration thereof,
CHAPTER VIII.
52
52-54
54, 55
55
of certain business,
114. Its terms.-Court always open for transaction
115. Terms, when held,
58
The surrogate's court,
CHAPTER IX.
SECTION 116. Surrogate's court in each county,
117-119. Its jurisdiction,
120, 121. By whom held,
122.
Officer holding court, denominated in this code,
the surrogate,
123. Court when held,
The courts of sessions,
CHAPTER X.
ARTICLE I. The courts of sessions, in general,
II. The courts of sessions, other than in the city and
III. The court of sessions of the city of New-York,
ARTICLE I.
The courts of sessions, in general,
SECTION 124. Court of sessions in each county,
ARTICLE II.
The courts of sessions, other than in the city and county of
New-York,
SECTION 125, 126. Their jurisdiction
127. Indictments for offences punishable with death,
to be sent to oyer and terminer
128. Other indictments may be sent to oyer and
terminer,
129. By whom held,
130. When and where held, and their duration,
ARTICLE III.'
The court of sessions of the city of New-York,
SECTION 131. This court continued, and name changed,
132. Its jurisdiction,
133. Indictments for offences punishable with death,
to be sent to oyer and terminer,
134, 135. By whom held,
136. When held, and its duration. Concurrent terms,
137, When term may be extended,
SECTION 139.
These courts continued, and name changed,
140. The kinds of their jurisdiction,
141, 142. Their civil jurisdiction,
143. Their criminal jurisdiction,
144. Indictment for offences punishable with death,