§ 135 Separate specifications for contract work for the state
§ 135-A Definitions
§ 136 Contracts in pursuance of appropriations
§ 136-A Contracts for architectural, engineering, geological, landscape architecture and surveying services
§ 136-B Selection of underwriters by state agencies
§ 136-C Contracts for employee training and organizational development services
§ 136-D Contracts involving industrial painting and industrial coatings
§ 136-D*2 Contracts involving low embodied carbon concrete
§ 137 Bond to secure payment of certain claims arising from a public improvement; enforcement
§ 138 State contracts not to be assigned without consent
§ 138-A Commencement of actions on state public works contracts
§ 139 Retained percentages
§ 139-A Ground for cancellation of contract by state
§ 139-B Disqualification to contract with state
§ 139-C Removal of disqualification of public contractors by petition
§ 139-D Statement of non-collusion in bids to the state
§ 139-E Security bonds; municipal projects
§ 139-F Payment on public work projects
§ 139-G Obligations to make contracts available to small and certified women and minority-owned business concerns
§ 139-H Participation in an international boycott prohibited
§ 139-I Obligations with respect to procurement contracts with New York state and foreign business enterprises
§ 139-J Restrictions on contacts during the procurement process
§ 139-K Disclosure of contacts and responsibility of offerers
§ 139-L Statement on sexual harassment, in bids
§ 140 Disposition of deposit accompanying bid
§ 141 Claims against contractors
§ 142 Workmen's compensation insurance on public works
§ 143 Deposits on plans and specifications for contracts for public work
§ 144 Opening and reading of bids for contracts for public work; criminal conspiracies
§ 145 Acceptance of final payment under a state contract
§ 146 Certain construction contracts involving steel
§ 147 Mentor-protege program
§ 148 Certain contracts involving personal protective equipment and medical supplies
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Terms Used In New York Laws > State Finance > Article 9 - Contracts

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  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Counterclaim: A claim that a defendant makes against a plaintiff.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
  • 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.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Plea agreement: An arrangement between the prosecutor, the defense attorney, and the defendant in which the defendant agrees to plead guilty in exchange for special considerations. Source:
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • 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.