N.Y. Judiciary Law Section 147
Holding special and trial terms

A special term or a trial term must be held by one judge, except that when private property located within the city of New York shall be taken for public use by the city of New York, the compensation to be made therefor shall be ascertained by a special term for condemnation proceedings of the supreme court. At least one special term and two trial terms must be appointed to be held in each year in each county separately organized. Two or more trial terms may be appointed to be held and may be held at the same time in any county. Fulton and Hamilton counties shall be deemed one county for the purposes of this section. A special term of the supreme court may be adjourned to a future day, and to any place within the judicial district, by an entry in the minutes. After the discharge of the jury, a trial and special term may be adjourned in like manner, for the trial of issues by the court. Any such adjourned term may be further adjourned from time to time, as the justice holding the same directs. Special terms may be held at the chambers of the justice or elsewhere in the judicial district, but an action triable by the court without a jury, which was upon the calendar of a term before it was adjourned to the chambers of a justice under this section, may be tried at the term so adjourned to chambers only by consent of both parties.

Source: Section 147 — Holding special and trial terms, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/JUD/147 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Jan. 10, 2026).

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Division of state into judicial districts 140–A
Number of supreme court justices in each judicial district 140–B
General jurisdiction of supreme court 141
Designation of supreme court justices to hold court in another county 147
Holding special and trial terms 147–A
Powers of justice of supreme court 148
Trial term may be held in parts 149
Governor may appoint extraordinary terms and name justices to hold them 150
Printing calendars in certain counties 151
Publishing calendars in Monroe county 152
Publishing calendars in Erie county 153
Records kept by special deputy clerks shall be part of records of supreme court 154
Duty of supreme court justices in first judicial district to enforce rules made by appellate division of first department 155
Supreme court seal 156
Appointment of special deputy clerks for the supreme court in Queens county 158
Appointment of calendar clerk for Westchester county in the ninth judicial district 158–A
Appointment of calendar clerk for Dutchess county in the ninth judicial district 158–B
Appointment of calendar clerk for Schenectady county in the fourth judicial district 158–C
Appointment of calendar clerk for Putnam county and other necessary assistants 160
Appointment of temporary stenographer where official stenographer fails to attend term 161
Amount spent for services of temporary stenographer to be deducted from salary of official stenographer 162
Justice of supreme court to certify amount of expenses of stenographer attending term 163
Justices of supreme court in third and fourth judicial districts to certify to the department of taxation and finance amount of salaries ... 164
Emergency stenographers in criminal cases 165
Power of supreme court justices in Nassau county to appoint law stenographers and typists 165–A
Power of supreme court justices in Dutchess county to appoint law stenographers and typists 165–B
Power of supreme court justices in Rockland county to appoint law stenographers and typists 165–C
Power of supreme court justices in Putnam county to appoint law stenographers and typists 165–D
Power of supreme court justices in Orange county to appoint law stenographers and typists 165–E
Power of supreme court justices in Westchester county to appoint secretarial assistants 166
Power of supreme court justices in first judicial district to appoint attendants for supreme court 167
Powers of supreme court justices in the third judicial district residing in Albany and Rensselaer counties to appoint confidential court ... 168
Power of supreme court justices in Kings, Queens, Richmond, Nassau and Suffolk counties to appoint court officers 168*2
Classification of certain attendants 169
Continuation in office of certain attendants and clerks 170
Power of supreme court justices in Rockland county to appoint court officer or attendant 171
Powers of supreme court justices residing in Erie county to appoint court officers to attend terms 172
Power of supreme court justices residing in Kings and Queens counties to appoint interpreters 173
Power of supreme court justices residing in Erie county together with county judge of Erie county to appoint criers 173–A
Power of supreme court justices in Erie county to appoint a secretary and junior secretaries to such justices 173–B
Power of supreme court justices of the eight judicial district to appoint a confidential law assistant to such justices 173–C
Power of supreme court trial justices of eighth judicial district to appoint stenographers 174
Maintenance of supreme court house building in Kings county
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Jan. 10, 2026

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

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