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The Supreme Court of the State of New York is the trial-level court of general jurisdiction in the judiciary of New York.It is vested with unlimited civil and criminal jurisdiction, although in many counties outside New York City it acts primarily as a court of civil jurisdiction, with most criminal matters handled in County Court.
Historically, county superior courts—like New York's county-by-county Supreme Court—were the highest level of trial court, overseeing a network of inferior trial courts (e.g., municipal courts, recorder's courts, courts of referees and commissioners, etc.), the decisions of which could be appealed within the trial court system to the ...
The Judiciary of New Jersey comprises the New Jersey Supreme Court as the state supreme court and many lower courts.. New Jersey's judiciary is unusual in that it still separates cases at law from those in equity, like its neighbor Delaware but unlike most other U.S. states; however, unlike Delaware, the courts of law and equity are formally "divisions" of a single unified lower court of ...
In the Federal court system and in nearly all other U.S. states, the court of last resort is known as the "Supreme Court". New York, however, calls its lower courts the "Supreme Court" – consisting of the trial court and the intermediate appellate court, known as the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court – and the court of last resort the Court of Appeals.
The County Courts are courts within the New York State Unified Court System located in each county outside New York City. [1] In New York City, criminal and civil matters are heard in the city Criminal Court and Civil Court , respectively, or the state Supreme Court .
New York Supreme Court (13 judicial districts) [3] New York County Court (57 courts, one for each county outside New York City) [4] New York Surrogate's Court; New York Family Court; New York Court of Claims [5] New York City courts. New York City Criminal Court; New York City Civil Court; New York District Court; New York town and village ...
The Surrogate's Court of the State of New York handles all probate and estate proceedings in the New York State Unified Court System. All wills are probated in this court and all estates of people who die without a will are handled in this court. Unclaimed property of the deceased without wills is handled by the Judge of this court.
New York State Court Officers undergo four months of comprehensive basic training at the NYS Court Officers Academy (originally started by Deputy Chief Thomas R Hennessy ret.) under the direction of the Commanding Officer/Chief of Training, Joseph Baccellieri Jr.