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TITLE II. Compelling the attendance and testimony of a witness,
TITLE III. Depositions............

ART. 1. Depositions taken and to be used within the State...........
ART. 2. Depositions taken without the State, for use within the State,
ART. 3. Depositions taken within the State, for use without the State..
TITLE IV. Documentary evidence....

ART. 1. Documentary evidence as a substitute for oral testimony..... ART. 2. Proof of a document, executed or remaining within the State, ART. 3. Proof of a document, remaining in a court or public office of the United States, or executed or remaining without the State...... TITLE V. Miscellaneous provisions....

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Sections.

852-869

870-920

870-886

887-913

914-920

921-956

921-931

932-941

942-956 957-962

CHAPTER X.

Trials; including jurors and juries........

963-1199

TITLE I. Trials generally, including exceptions and motions for a new trial..........

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TITLE III. Trial jurors, except in New York and Kings counties; mode of selecting them, and of procuring their attendance...... 1027-1078 ART. 1. Qualifications and exemptions of trial jurors............ ART. 2. Mode of selecting, drawing and procuring the attendance of trial jurors in ordinary cases....

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ART. 3. Mode of striking and procuring a special jury, and of pro-
curing a foreign jury.

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1063-1071

1072-1078

ART. 4. Penalties for non-attendance.

TITLE IV. Trial jurors in New York and Kings counties; mode
of selecting them, and of procuring their attendance..... ..... 1079-1162
ART. 1. Provisions relating to trial jurors in the city and county of
New York.

ART. 2. Provisions relating to trial jurors in the county of Kings.

1079-1125

1126-1162

TITLE V. Trial by jury...

ART. 1. Formation of the jury

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ART. 2. The verdict ......

TITLE VI. Miscellaneous provisions; including those relating to embracery, and other acts of misconduct.......

1163-1189

1163-1180

1181-1189

1190-1199

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ART. 2. Mode of taking, entering, and enforcing a judgment
ART. 3. Docketing a judgment; effect thereof as a lien upon real prop-
erty; suspending and discharging the lien; satisfaction and assign-
ment of a judgment

1212-1244

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1245-1272

ART. 1. Confession of judgment.

TITLE II. Judgment taken without process..

ART. 2. Submission of a controversy upon facts admitted........

TITLE III. Vacating or setting aside a judgment, for irregularity

1273-1281

1273-1278

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1279-1281

CHAPTER XIL

Sections.

Appeals

1293-1361

TITLE I. General provisions, relating to the appeals provided for in this chapter...

1293-1323

TITLE II. Appeal to the court of appeals..

TITLE III. Appeal to the supreme court from an inferior court, TITLE IV. Appeal to the general term of the supreme court, or of a superior city court court.....

1324-1339

1340-1345

1346-1355

TITLE V. Appeal from a final determination in a special proceeding

1356-1361

CHAPTER XIIL

Executions..

1362-1495

TITLE I. Forms of execution; time and manner of issuing an execution; general duties and liabilities of officers....

1362-1388

TITLE II. Execution against property.

1389-1486

ART. 1. Property exempt from levy and sale...

1389-1494

ART. 2. Lien of an execution upon personal property; levy upon and
sale of personal property; rights of indemnitors of sheriff..
ART. 3. Sale, redemption, and conveyance of real property; rights
and liabilities of persons interested..

1405-1429

1430-1478

ART. 4. Remedies for failure of title to real property sold, and to
enforce contribution

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ART. 5. Action to compel the determination of a claim to real property,
ART. 6. Action for waste..

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ART. 9. Provisions applicable to two or more of the actions specified
in this title....

TITLE II. Actions relating to chattels

ART. 1. Action to recover a chattel

1670-1688 1689-1741

ART. 2. Action to foreclose a lien upon a chattel

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1689-1736 1737-1741

CHAPTER XV.

Special provisions, regulating other particular actions and rights of action, and actions by or against particular parties...

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ART. 4. Provisions applicable to two or more of the actions specified

TITLE IL Actions relating to a corporation ...

ART. 1. Action by a corporation, and action against a corporation, to
recover damages or property.

ART. 2. Judicial supervision of a corporation, and of the officers and
members thereof

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ART. 3. Actions to procure the dissolution of a corporation, and act-
ions to enforce the individual liability of the officers or members of
a corporation, with or without a dissolution thereof....
ART. 4. Action by the people to annul a corporation..
ART. 5. Provisions applicable to two or more of the actions specified
in this title.....

TITLE III. Actions relating to the estate of a decedent.

ART. 1. Action by or against an executor or administrator...
ART. 2. Action by a creditor against his debtor's next of kin, legatee
heir, or devisee..

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ART. 3. Action to establish or impeach a will.
ART. 4. General and miscellaneous provisions..
TITLE IV. Other special actions and rights of action
ART. 1. Judgment creditor's action....

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ART. 2. Action by a private person upon an official bond..
ART. 3. Action by a private person for a penalty or forfeiture.
ART. 4. Certain actions to recover damages for wrongs..
ART. 5. Miscellaneous actions and rights of action..
TITLE V. Other actions by or against particular parties.
ART. 1. Action by or against an unincorporated association..
ART. 2. Actions by or against certain county, town, and municipal

officers

ART. 3. Actions and rights of action, against and between joint
debtors...

CHAPTER XVI.

Actions in behalf of the people, and special proceedings instituted, in their behalf, by State writ....

TITLE I. Actions in behalf of the people..

Sections. 1775-1813

1775-1780

1781-1783

1784-1796 1797-1803

1804-1813

1814-1870 1814-1836

1837-1860 1861-1667

1868-1870

1871-1918

1871-1879

1880-1892

1893-1898

1899-1908

1909-1918

1919-1947 1919-1924

1925-1931

1932-1947

1948-2148

1948-1990

ART. 1. Action against the usurper of an office or franchise.
ART. 2. Action to vacate letters patent..

1948-1956

1957-1960

ART. 3. Action for a fine, penalty, or forfeiture, or upon a forfeited
recognizance

1961-1968

ART. 4. Certain actions, founded upon the spoliation, or other misap-
propriation of public property....

1969-1976

ART. 5. Action to recover property escheated, or forfeited for treason,
ART. 6. Miscellaneous provisions, relating to actions, etc., in behalf
of the people

1977-1982

1983-1990

TITLE II. Special proceedings instituted by State writ..

1991-2148

ART. 1. Provisions applicable to two or more State writs..
ART. 2. The writ of habeas corpus, to bring up a person to testify,
ART. 3. The writ of habeas corpus, and the writ of certiorari, to in-

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ART. 7. The writ of certiorari, to review the determination of an in-
ferior tribunal....

2120-2148

CHAPTER XVII.

Certain special proceedings instituted without writ....

2149-2471

TITLE 1. Proceedings relating to insolvent debtors and to pris

oners...

2149-2230

ART. 2. Exemption from arrest or discharge from imprisonment, of
an insolvent debtor...

ART. 3. Discharge of an imprisoned judgment debtor from imprison-
ment

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Sections.

21SS-2199

ART. 4. Care of the property of a person confined for crime........ TITLE II. Summary proceedings to recover the possession of real property.....

2200-22182219-2230

2231-2265

TITLE III. Proceedings to punish a contempt of court, other than

a criminal contempt............

2266-2292

TITLE IV. Proceedings to collect a fine

2293-2301

TITLE V. Proceedings to discover the death of a tenant for life... 2302-2319 TITLE VI. Proceedings for the appointment of a committee of the person, and of the property, of a lunatic, idiot, or habitual drunkard; general powers and duties of the committee......... 2320-2344 TITLE VII. Proceedings for the disposition of the real property of an infant, lunatic, idiot, or habitual drunkard... TITLE VIII. Arbitrations.

2345-2364 2365-2386

TITLE IX. Proceedings to foreclose a mortgage by advertisement, 2387-2409
TITLE X. Proceedings to change the name of an individual....... 2410-2418
TITLE XI. Proceedings for the voluntary dissolution of a corpora-
tion......

TITLE XII. Proceedings supplementary to an execution against
property....

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ART. 1. Proceedings to compel an examination of the judgment
debtor, and of his debtor or bailee......
ART. 2. The receiver.

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2419-2431

2432-2471

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CHAPTER XVIII.

Surrogates' courts and proceedings therein....

TITLE I. Organization, jurisdiction, and powers of the court. Duties, powers, and disabilities of the surrogate, and the officers of the court. Miscellaneous provisions

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ART. 1. Jurisdiction of the court and authority of the surrogate..... ART. 2. General duties and disabilities of the surrogate, or temporary surrogate.... ... ART. 3. Clerks; stenographers; miscellaneous provisions........... TITLE II. Provisions relating generally to the proceedings in surrogates' courts, and to appeals from those courts....

2472-2860

2472-2514 2472-2482

2483-2503 2504-2514

2515-2610

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ART. 2. Hearing; including trial by jury and reference.

ART. 1. Process and service thereof; appearance and joinder of issue;
miscellaneous regulations of practice,.

2515-2538

2539-2549

ART. 3. Decrees and orders; and the enforcement thereof. Costs and
fees....

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ART. 4. Appeal

2550-2567 -2568-2589

ART. 5. Provisions relating generally to letters; and generally to
executors, administrators, guardians, and testamentary trustees....

2590-2610

TITLE III. Granting and revoking probate, letters testamentary, and letters of administration; foreign wills; ancillary letters, 2611-2705

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ART. 6. Revocation of letters testamentary and letters of admin-
istration.

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Sections

2684-2693 2694-2705

2706-2721 2722-2748

ART. 7. Foreign wills; ancillary letters TITLE IV. Proceedings by or against an executor or administrator, touching the administration and settlement of the estate........ 2706-2748 ART. 1. Aid, supervision, and control of an executor or administrator, ART. 2. Accounting; and settlement of the estate. TITLE V. Disposition of the decedent's real property, for the payment of debts and funeral expenses. Distribution of the proceeds TITLE VI. Provisions relating to a testamentary trustee ... TITLE VII. Provisions relating to a guardian...............

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ART. 1. Appointment, removal, and resignation of a general guardian,
ART. 2. Supervision and control of a general guardian. Settlement
of his accounts..

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ART. 3. Guardians appointed by will or deed

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2749-2801

2802-2820

2821-2860

2821-2841

2842-2850 2851-2860

CHAPTER XIX.

Courts of justices of the peace, and proceedings therein....
TITLE I. Jurisdiction and general powers......

2861-3158

2861-2875

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TITLE II. Commencement of action; appearance of parties; provisional remedies

2876-2933

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TITLE III. Pleadings; including counter-claims, and proceedings

TITLE IV. Proceedings between the joinder of issue and the trial, 2959-2987

ART. 1. Adjournments.....

2934-2958

ART. 2. Compelling the attendance of a witness.
ART. 3. Commission to take testimony.

TITLE V. Trial and its incidents.......

TITLE VI. Judgment; and docketing the same.

TITLE VII. Executions

TITLE VIII. Appeals....

ART. 1. Appeals generally....

ART. 2. Appeal where a new trial is not had in the appellate court...
ART. 3. Appeal for a new trial in the appellate court......

TITLE IX. Costs

TITLE X. Action or special proceeding, relating to an animal straying upon the highway

2959-2968

2969-2979

2980-2987

2988-3009

3010-3023

3024-3043

3044-3073

3044-3061 3062-3067

3068-3073

3074-3081

... 3082-3115

TITLE XI. Provisions specially relating to courts of justices of the peace in the city of Brooklyn

TITLE XII. Miscellaneous provisions.....

CHAPTER XX.

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3116-3133 3134-3158

Provisions relating to certain courts in cities, and the proceedings therein......

TITLE I. The marine court of the city of New York

3159-3227 3159-3195

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