Terms Used In New York Laws > Public Health > Article 13-D - Regulation of Housing; Used As Accommodations By Employees of Certain Motels and Hotels

• Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
• 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.
• Motel or hotel: shall mean establishments distinguished as hotels, motels, bungalow colonies, or any other establishment comparable or equivalent to any of those previously mentioned. See N.Y. Public Health Law 1399-J
• Officer: shall mean the health commissioner of a city of fifty thousand population and over or of a county or part-county health district, or the state district health officer, in whose jurisdiction a hotel or motel is located or any county health director having all the powers and duties prescribed in section three hundred fifty-two of this chapter. See N.Y. Public Health Law 1399-J
• 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.
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
• Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held.