N.Y. Judiciary Law 85 – Power of appellate division as to calendars and administration of justice
§ 85. Power of appellate division as to calendars and administration of justice. The appellate division of each department may provide by rule for the manner of making up calendars in each county embraced within the department; for the classification, for the purposes of trial, of actions placed upon such calendars and for the making up of two or more calendars within such classification; for the continuance on such calendars, from term to term, of actions for which notes of issue have been once served and filed, without a second or further serving and filing thereof; and also from time to time may provide rules as it may deem necessary generally to promote the efficient transaction of business and the orderly administration of justice therein.
Terms Used In N.Y. Judiciary Law 85
- Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
- Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.