§ 2-b. General powers of courts of record. A court of record has power\n 1. to issue a subpoena requiring the attendance of a person found in\nthe state to testify in a cause pending in that court, subject, however,\nto the limitations prescribed by law with respect to the portion of the\nstate in which the process of the local court of record may be served;\n 2. to administer an oath to a witness in the exercise of the powers\nand duties of the court and;\n 3. to devise and make new process and forms of proceedings, necessary\nto carry into effect the powers and jurisdiction possessed by it.\n
N.Y. Jud. Law § 2-b
General powers of courts of record
Applied in 11 court decisions — leading case 55 Misc. 3d 743 - People v. Jones (2017)
Most recently applied in Matter of Jorge R.C. v. Julieta A.C. (October 2023)
2014-09-22
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