Law Reporting Bureau Agency History Record.
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New York (State). Law Reporting Bureau
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Official law reporting in New York State dates from 1804, when the Supreme Court was authorized by Chapter 68, Laws of 1804, to appoint a reporter of its decisions. With various changes, reflecting alterations in the State's judicial system, official reporting has had a continuous existence since that time, and is now carried on by the State Law Reporting Bureau which, in its present form, was created by legislative act, Chapter 494, Laws of 1938, enacting Article 14 of ...
New York (State). Supreme Court. Appellate Division
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The State Legislature, by virtue of Chapter 444 of the laws of 1908, introduced the Torrens system as an alternative method of real property title registration. Under the system, landowners were required to submit an application for registration of title to the Supreme Court. The court, after conducting appropriate proceedings, would direct the issuance of a certificate of title. Under the Torrens system, a certificate of title sufficed to show full, valid, and indefeasible title to...
New York (State). Court of Appeals
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CURRENT FUNCTIONS. The court of appeals is New York State's highest court and court of last resort with appellate jurisdiction only. It hears cases on appeal from other appellate courts and sometimes from trial courts. Its review is generally limited to questions of law; in capital cases it may rule on both law and fact. The court of appeals also reviews determinations of the Commission on Judicial Conduct. ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY. Under British colonial rule, appeals fro...
