Uniform Rules § 202.2

Terms and Parts of Court

(a) Terms of Court. A term of court is a four-week session of court, and there shall be 13 terms of court in a year, unless otherwise provided in the annual schedule of terms established by the Chief Administrator of the Courts, which also shall specify the dates of such terms.

(b) Parts of Court. A part of court is a designated unit of the court in which specified business of the court is to be conducted by a judge or quasi- judicial officer. There shall be such parts of court as may be authorized from time to time by the Chief Administrator of the Courts.

Official sourcehttps://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-202-uniform-civil-rules-supreme-court-and-county-court

In plain English

A term of court = a 4-week session, and there are 13 terms per year ★ (unless the Chief Administrator's annual schedule says otherwise). A "part" is a unit of the court where specific business happens before a judge.

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.

In print

This provision appears in Volume 6 — The JG-22 Uniform Rules and Everything Else and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.