Terms Used In New York Laws > Military > Article 7 > Part 4 - Court-martial Jurisdiction

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Caucus: From the Algonquian Indian language, a caucus meant "to meet together." An informal organization of members of the legislature that exists to discuss issues of mutual concern and possibly to perform legislative research and policy planning for its members. There are regional, political or ideological, ethnic, and economic-based caucuses.
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• General village election: means the annual or biennial election for village officers. See N.Y. Election Law 15-102
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Organized militia: means the organized militia, the composition of which is stated in section two of this chapter;
  
  (2) "Officer" means a commissioned officer including a commissioned warrant officer;
  
  (3) "Superior officer" means an officer superior in rank or command;
  
  (4) "Enlisted person" means any person who is serving in an enlisted grade in any force of the organized militia;
  
  (5) "Active state duty" means full time military duty in the active service of the state under an order of the governor issued pursuant to sections six or seven of this chapter and while going to and returning from such duty;
  
  (6) "Duty status other than active state duty" means any one of the types of duty described in section forty-six of this chapter and while going to and returning from such duty;
  
  (7) "Military court" means a court-martial, a court of inquiry, a provost court;
  
  (8) "Military judge" means an official of a general court-martial detailed in accordance with section 130. See N.Y. Military Law 130.1
• Presiding officer: A majority-party Senator who presides over the Senate and is charged with maintaining order and decorum, recognizing Members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices and precedents.
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Special village election: means any election of village officers, other than, the general village election. See N.Y. Election Law 15-102
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• Village election: means and includes both general and special village elections for officers. See N.Y. Election Law 15-102
• Village primary: means any election held by a political party for the purpose of nominating candidates for elective village offices. See N.Y. Election Law 15-102