§ 2101. Definitions.\n The following words or phrases used in this act shall have the meaning\ndefined in this section, unless otherwise apparent from the context:\n (a) "Administrative board" means the administrative board of the\njudicial conference of the state.\n (b) "Administrative judge" means the judicial officer designated, by\nthe appellate division of the department in which the court is located,\nto be administrator of the particular court.\n (c) "Appellate division" means the appellate division of the supreme\ncourt in and for the department in which the particular court is\nlocated, or its designated administrative judge.\n (d) "City" means the city in and for which is established the\nparticular court, which court is established in and for a city and is\ngoverned by this
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§ 2101. Definitions.\n The following words or phrases used in this act shall have the meaning\ndefined in this section, unless otherwise apparent from the context:\n (a) "Administrative board" means the administrative board of the\njudicial conference of the state.\n (b) "Administrative judge" means the judicial officer designated, by\nthe appellate division of the department in which the court is located,\nto be administrator of the particular court.\n (c) "Appellate division" means the appellate division of the supreme\ncourt in and for the department in which the particular court is\nlocated, or its designated administrative judge.\n (d) "City" means the city in and for which is established the\nparticular court, which court is established in and for a city and is\ngoverned by this act, to which this act is being applied.\n (e) "City justice" means the justice or justices of the particular\ncourt, established in and for a city and governed by this act, to which\ncourt this act is being applied.\n (f) "Clerk" means the clerk of the particular court to which this act\nis being applied, or the non-judicial person performing the functions of\nsuch office; if the particular court has no such clerk or non-judicial\nperson, it means the justice of such court.\n (g) "County" means the county in which is located, in whole or in\npart, the municipality in and for which the particular court to which\nthis act is being applied is located.\n (h) "County clerk" means the clerk of the county defined above.\n (i) "Court" embraces each and every court or office to which this act\nis applicable pursuant to § 2300 and, for purposes of the application of\nthis act to each such court, it shall be taken as a reference to either:\n 1. the town court of the particular town; or\n 2. the village court of the particular village, and if there is no\ncourt established in and for the particular village it means the town\ncourt, if any, of the town in which the village is located in whole or\nin part; or\n 3. the court established in and for the particular city, if such court\nis governed by this act; as the case may be.\n (j) "Court established in and for a city" means a court established in\nand for a city, which court is governed by this act pursuant to § 2300\nof this act.\n (k) "Enforcement officer" means any appropriate officer as enumerated\nin § 110 of this act.\n (l) "Justice" embraces every justice of every court to which this act\napplies, and it shall be taken as a reference to the justice of the\nparticular court to which this act is being applied.\n (m) "Municipal board" means the local governing body of the town,\nvillage or city in and for which the particular court to which this act\nis being applied is established.\n (n) "Municipality" means, as applied to:\n 1. a town court, the town in and for which it is established and it\nincludes a village located in whole or in part within the town with\nrespect to civil causes of action arising within such village or if\nthere is no court established in and for such village;\n 2. a village court, the village in and for which it is established;\nand\n 3. a court established in and for a city, which court is governed by\nthis act, the city in and for which it is established.\n (o) "Rules" means the rules adopted pursuant to § 2103 of this act.\n (p) "Town" means the town in and for which is established the\nparticular town court to which this act is being applied. It does not\ninclude any village which is in whole or in part within the town unless\nthere is no village court established in and for such village, in which\nevent it does include such village. It does not include any city.\n (q) "Town court" means the particular court or office established in\nand for a town, which court or office is governed by this act pursuant\nto § 2300 of this act and to which this act is being applied.\n (r) "Town justice" means the justice or justices of the particular\ntown court to which this act is being applied.\n (s) "Village" means the village in and for which is established the\nparticular village court to which this act is being applied.\n (t) "Village court" means the particular court or office established\nin and for a village, which court or office is governed by this act\npursuant to § 2300 of this act and to which this act is being applied.\n (u) "Village justice" means the justice or justices of the particular\nvillage court to which this act is being applied.\n