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

§ 2101. Definitions.

The following words or phrases 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 judicial officer designated, by

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

to be administrator of the particular court.

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

court in and for the department in which the particular court is

located, or its designated administrative judge.

(d) "City" means the city in and for which is established the

particular court, which court is established in and for a city and is

governed by this act, to which this act is being applied.

(e) "City justice" means the justice or justices of the particular

court, established in and for a city and governed by this act, to which

court this act is being applied.

(f) "Clerk" means the clerk of the particular court to which this act

is being applied, or the non-judicial person performing the functions of

such office; if the particular court has no such clerk or non-judicial

person, it means the justice of such court.

(g) "County" means the county in which is located, in whole or in

part, the municipality in and for which the particular court to which

this act is being applied is located.

(h) "County clerk" means the clerk of the county defined above.

(i) "Court" embraces each and every court or office to which this act

is applicable pursuant to § 2300 and, for purposes of the application of

this act to each such court, it shall be taken as a reference to either:

1. the town court of the particular town; or

2. the village court of the particular village, and if there is no

court established in and for the particular village it means the town

court, if any, of the town in which the village is located in whole or

in part; or

3. the court established in and for the particular city, if such court

is governed by this act; as the case may be.

(j) "Court established in and for a city" means a court established in

and for a city, which court is governed by this act pursuant to § 2300

of this act.

(k) "Enforcement officer" means any appropriate officer as enumerated

in § 110 of this act.

(l) "Justice" embraces every justice of every court to which this act

applies, and it shall be taken as a reference to the justice of the

particular court to which this act is being applied.

(m) "Municipal board" means the local governing body of the town,

village or city in and for which the particular court to which this act

is being applied is established.

(n) "Municipality" means, as applied to:

1. a town court, the town in and for which it is established and it

includes a village located in whole or in part within the town with

respect to civil causes of action arising within such village or if

there is no court established in and for such village;

2. a village court, the village in and for which it is established;

and

3. a court established in and for a city, which court is governed by

this act, the city in and for which it is established.

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

(p) "Town" means the town in and for which is established the

particular town court to which this act is being applied. It does not

include any village which is in whole or in part within the town unless

there is no village court established in and for such village, in which

event it does include such village. It does not include any city.

(q) "Town court" means the particular court or office established in

and for a town, which court or office is governed by this act pursuant

to § 2300 of this act and to which this act is being applied.

(r) "Town justice" means the justice or justices of the particular

town court to which this act is being applied.

(s) "Village" means the village in and for which is established the

particular village court to which this act is being applied.

(t) "Village court" means the particular court or office established

in and for a village, which court or office is governed by this act

pursuant to § 2300 of this act and to which this act is being applied.

(u) "Village justice" means the justice or justices of the particular

village court to which this act is being applied.