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N.Y. Judiciary Law § 3: Use of term "court" prohibited

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  1. Judiciary Law
  2. Article 2. General Provisions Relating to Courts and Judges

§ 3. Use of term "court" prohibited. No person, firm, association or

corporation shall hereafter use or employ the term "court" as part of or

in connection with the name of any body, board, bureau, association,

organization or corporation, or in referring to any body, board, bureau,

association, organization or corporation, in such manner as to be

calculated reasonably to lead to the belief that the body, board,

bureau, association, organization or corporation is vested with judicial

power or is a part of the judicial system of the state; the use of such

term being expressly limited by this section for reference to a court of

record or a court not of record, duly organized and existing under the

laws of the state as a part of the judicial system of the state.

Any violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor.

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