§ 147 — Holding special and trial terms

§ 147. Holding special and trial terms. A special term or a trial\nterm must be held by one judge, except that when private property\nlocated within the city of New York shall be taken for public use by the\ncity of New York, the compensation to be made therefor shall be\nascertained by a special term for condemnation proceedings of the\nsupreme court. At least one special term and two trial terms must be\nappointed to be held in each year in each county separately organized.\nTwo or more trial terms may be appointed to be held and may be held at\nthe same time in any county. Fulton and Hamilton counties shall be\ndeemed one county for the purposes of this section. A special term of\nthe supreme court may be adjourned to a future day, and to any place\nwithin the judicial district, by an entry in the minutes. After the\ndischarge of the jury, a trial and special term may be adjourned in like\nmanner, for the trial of issues by the court. Any such adjourned term\nmay be further adjourned from time to time, as the justice holding the\nsame directs. Special terms may be held at the chambers of the justice\nor elsewhere in the judicial district, but an action triable by the\ncourt without a jury, which was upon the calendar of a term before it\nwas adjourned to the chambers of a justice under this section, may be\ntried at the term so adjourned to chambers only by consent of both\nparties.\n