Uniform Rules § 205.2

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, including those mandated by statute, as may be authorized from time to time by the Chief Administrator of the Courts.

Official sourcehttps://www.nycourts.gov/rules/part-205-uniform-rules-family-court

In plain English

A "term" = a four-week session; there are 13 terms per year. ★ A "part" is a unit of the court where specified business is handled by a judge or quasi-judicial officer, as authorized by the Chief Administrator.

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.