Statutes at Large of the State of New York: Comprising the Revised Statutes, as They Existed on the 1st Day of July, 1862, and All the General Public Statutes Then in Force, with References to Judicial Decisions, and the Material Notes of the Revisers in Their Report to the Legislature, Volume 5

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W.C. Little, 1863
 

Contents

Roads Bridges and Ferries
9
Laws of 1825 Chap 326 Manufacture at Salina
19
ISSUES AND THE MODE OF TRIAL
21
OF THE MANNER OF COMMENCING CIVIL ACTIONS
35
Defendant to be discharged on bail or deposit
51
CHAPTER II
57
Distribution of Session Laws III
62
On special finding with general verdict former to control
73
Proceedings in Actions
130
Index to Revised Statutes
133
Analysis of the Code
137
First pleading to be complaint
141
General Statutes
145
Chap 105 Abduction
147
THE MARINE COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
148
Chap 37 Prize Fighting
161
Residue of Part
169
125
180
Chap 375 Fees of District Attorneys
181
Chap 260 The same
185
State Prisons
197
Chap 178 Unauthorized Insurance IV
200
Juvenile Asylums
206
FUNDS
211
Statutes relating to Code
217
852
219
Chap 133 Amending School Laws
227
Justices of the Peace
235
Civil Justice
241
Act
245
Chap 328 Amending Life Insurance Incorporating
251
STATUTES AT LARGE
257
Appendix containing
Interest of Money
3
Medical Societies
4
ESCHEATS
6
Chap 439
11
Index to General Statutes
13
Census
20
Chap 116 Releases by Land Office
33
THE JUSTICES COURTS OF CITIES
51
Jurisdiction in civil actions limited
54
New action in supreme court pleadings therein
60
Deficiency in Canal Revenues III 67
67
Chap 49 Cayuta Creek
72
Exceptions how and when taken
75
Local description of Counties
98
Chap 131
131
When the defendant may demur
144
Defendant to demur or answer
193
Chap 369 The same
215
Chap 107 The same
218
title
251
Civil Divisions
257
The same
265
TRIAL BY REFEREES
271

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Page 254 - United States, in Congress assembled, for the defence of such State or its trade; nor shall any body of forces be kept up by any State, in time of peace, except such number only as, in the judgment of the United States, in Congress assembled, shall be deemed requisite to garrison the forts necessary for the defence of such State; but every State shall always keep up a well regulated and disciplined militia, sufficiently armed and accoutred...
Page 43 - The court may, before, or after judgment, in furtherance of justice, and on such terms as may be proper, amend any pleading, process, or proceeding, by adding or striking out the name of any party, or by correcting a mistake in the name of a party, or a mistake in any other respect...
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Page 253 - No state shall be represented in congress by less than two, nor by more than seven members; and no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any term of six years; nor shall any person, being a delegate, be capable of holding any office under the United States, for which he, or another for his benefit, receives any salary, fees, or emolument of any kind.
Page 252 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defence, the security of their Liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon, them or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever.
Page 20 - An action against a Sheriff, Coroner or Constable, upon a liability incurred by the doing of an act in his official capacity, and in virtue of his office, or by the omission of an official duty, including the non-payment of money collected upon an execution. But this Section shall not apply to an action for an escape. 2. An action upon a statute, for a penalty or forfeiture, where the action is given to the party aggrieved, or to such party and the State, except where the statute imposing it prescribes...
Page 33 - In all criminal prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury ; and if it. shall appear to the jury, that the matter charged as libelous is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact.
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