Judiciary Law 140-B — Legislation

Legislation Search OpenLegislation Statutes Search Term Search icon Search previous SECTION 140-A Number of supreme court justices in each judicial district up ARTICLE 5 Supreme Court next SECTION 141 Designation of supreme court justices to hold court in another county Viewing most recent revision (from 2014-09-22) View historical revision as of: -- Choose a Date -- 2014-09-22 Share Facebook Email SECTION 140-B General jurisdiction of supreme court Judiciary (JUD) CHAPTER 30, ARTICLE 5 § 140-b. General jurisdiction of supreme court. The general jurisdiction in law and equity which the supreme court possesses under the provisions of the constitution includes all the jurisdiction which was possessed and exercised by the supreme court of the colony of New York at any time, and by the court of chancery in England on the fourth day of July, seventeen hundred seventy-six, with the exceptions, additions and limitations created and imposed by the constitution and laws of the state. Subject to those exceptions and limitations the supreme court of the state has all the powers and authority of each of those courts and may exercise them in like manner.