N.Y. Uniform District Court Act § 2101: Definitions

§ 2101. Definitions.

The following words used in this act shall have the meaning defined in

this section, unless otherwise apparent from the context:

(a) "Administrative board" means the administrative board of the

judicial conference of the state.

(b) "Administrative judge" means the officer designated by the

appellate division of the department in which the court is located.

(c) "Appellate division" means the appellate division of the supreme

court in and for the department in which the court is located, or its

designated administrative judge.

(d) "Clerk" means the chief clerk or any other clerk or non-judicial

person, regardless of title, employed by the court and designated to

perform the function referred to in the particular section.

(e) "County" means the county in which the court is located.

(f) "County executive" means the officer, regardless of title, holding

the highest executive position in the county.

(g) "Court" means the district court in the county or one of the

judges thereof, unless the context clearly indicates reference to some

other court.

(h) "District" means a district of the court within the county,

whether the court is established for the entire county or only a part

thereof, and whether or not the districts of the court within the county

are contiguous.

(i) "Enforcement officer" means such officer or officers, whether

sheriffs or marshals or otherwise titled, designated pursuant to law to

execute the civil mandates of the court.

(j) "Judge" means any judicial officer of the district court, unless

the context clearly indicates reference to some other judge.

(k) "Rules" means the rules adopted pursuant to § 2103 of this act.

(l) "Supervisors" means the board of supervisors or other elective

governing body of the county.