Powers of referees
§ 4001. Powers of referees. A court may appoint a referee to determine an issue, perform an act, or inquire and report in any case where this power was heretofore exercised and as may be hereafter authorized by law.
A court may appoint a referee — a neutral helper — to determine an issue, perform an act, or inquire and report, in any case where that power existed before or is authorized by law. ★ (A referee stands in for the judge on a delegated piece of the case.)
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 2 — The JG-22 CPLR and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.