USA Law

Tag: New York

  • Lusk Committee Report

    Lusk Committee’s Report in the United States On April 24, 1920, the (Lusk) committee submitted its four-volume report to the State Senate. Entitled Revolutionary Radicalism: Its History, Purpose and Tactics, the first two volumes of the report detailed the development of radical and left […]

  • Lusk Committee

    Lusk Committee in the United States Introduction to the Lusk Committee From 1919 to 1920, the Joint Legislative Committee to Investigate Seditious Activities (commonly referred to as the Lusk Committee) sought to expose those organizations and individuals who allegedly posed a threat to […]

  • Department of Taxation and Finance

    Department of Taxation and Finance in the United States New York Department of Taxation and Finance The Department of Taxation and Finance administers provisions of the Tax Law (Art. 10, 10-C, and 26) that relate to taxation of estates of decedents who established life trusts to dispose […]

  • Surrogate’s Court

    Surrogate’s Court in the United States New York Surrogate’s Court Surrogate’s Court (1787+) (New York County) Certain New York County Surrogate’s Court records were located at the Historical Documents Collection, Queens College, CUNY, between the mid-1960s and the late ’80s, and after […]

  • Court of Probates

    Court of Probates in the United States New York Court of Probates (1778-1823) In New York, a Prerogative Court operated from 1686 to 1783 in the British-occupied New York City, Long Island and Staten Island during the Revolutionary War. In 1778 the State Legislature established a Court […]

  • Prison Records

    Prison Records in the United States Prison Records in New York The (New York) State Archives holds numerous inmate registers, cards, and case files from several (New York) State correctional facilities. (Most of the record series are incomplete, and only a sample of post-1956 case files is […]

  • New York Criminal Courts

    New York Criminal Courts in the United States County Court (1847+) In all counties outside of New York City the County Court has jurisdiction over felonies and over misdemeanors that may be prosecuted by indictment. (In exceptional circumstances the Supreme Court may accept a criminal […]

  • Court of Chancery

    Court of Chancery in the United States New York Court of Chancery Between 1830 and 1847 the Court of Chancery shared with the Surrogate’s Court the power to take proof of wills when the testator or the witnesses resided out of state. After probate in chancery, a Surrogate’s Court supervised […]

  • Albany Congress

    Albany Congress in the United States The Albany Congress, also known as the Albany Conference, was an assembly of representatives of the seven northern British-American colonies (Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland), called together […]

  • Education of the Alien

    Education of the Alien in the United States History of the Education of the Alien Immigration is a national affair and has always been regulated by the Congress. The action of the Congress in passing a measure over the veto of the President in 1917 prohibiting immigrants from coming to […]

  • New York State Bar CLE Publications

    New York State Bar CLE Publications in the United States Admission to the New York State Bar Adoption Law: Practice and Procedure on the 21st Century Antitrust Law in New York State, 2nd Edition Attorney Escrow Accounts: Rules, Regulations and Related Topics Best Practices in Legal Management […]