{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-judiciary-law-40","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Judiciary Law § 40","heading":"Definitions","body":"§ 40. Definitions. For the purposes of this article the following\nterms have the following meanings:\n  1. \"Commission\" means the state commission on judicial conduct.\n  2. \"Judge\" means a judge or justice of any court of the unified court\nsystem.\n  3. \"Hearing\" means a proceeding under subdivision four of section\nforty-four of this article.\n  4. \"Member of the bar\" means a person admitted to the practice of law\nin this state for at least five years.","path":["Judiciary Law","Article 2-A. State Commission On Judicial Conduct"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/JUD/40","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"700029c2f0ea11200da42f905040c6502dde8ff49ac00f50a7250def201c7da1","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-judiciary-law-39-b","next":"us-ny/n.y.-judiciary-law-40-a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}