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stationery, furniture, etc., furnished by corporation.

§ 1436. Superseded by § 1380 of the Greater New York Charter, ante.

Definitions,

§ 1437. Words used in this title in the past or present tense include the
future as well as the past or present; words used in the masculine gender
include the feminine and neuter; the singular number includes the
plural and the plural the singular; the word " person " includes a corpo¬
ration as well as a natural person; writing includes printing or printing
paper; " oath" includes affirmation or declaration; " signature" or
"subscription" includes "mark," when the person cannot write, his
name being written near it, and witnessed by a person, who shall write
his own name as witness. The following terms also named in this title
have the signification attached to them in this section, unless otherwise
apparent from the context:

1.  The word " attorney " signifies an attorney of the supreme court of
this state, duly licensed to practice as such.

2.  The word " district" signifies judicial district,

3.  The word " clerk " signifies the clerk of the court where the action
is pending.

4.  The word " marshal" signifies any person authorized to perform the
duties of a marshal.

5.  The word " corporation " includes every association having any cor¬
porate rights, whether created by special acts of legislature or under
general laws.

Id,, § 80 (Comp, 1346).

Appeals.

§ 1438. Superseded by § 1367 of the Greater New York Charter, ante.

Id,; stenographer's fees for transcript of minutes.

§ 1439. In all cases of appeal from the decision of a justice of one of
the district courts, where a transcript of the stenographer's minutes of
the testimony given on the trial becomes a necessary part of the justice's
return, the stenographer's fees for the making of such transcript shall be
computed at the rate of ten cents for every one hundred words, and be
paid in the first instance by the appellant, and afterward be taxable by
. him as a disbursement in the appeal,

L. 1874, ch. 504, § 1 (Corap. 1359).

Transcript of process, pleadings, etc.    Effect.

§ 1440. A transcript of the process, pleadings, and judgraent had before
any of the said justices, of the execution issued thereon, if any, and the
return thereon. If any, when subscribed and certified by the justice or
clerk, and a certificate of the clerk of the city and county of New York
indorsed thereon or attached thereto, under the seal of the court of
common pleas of the said county, certifviup- that the person subscribing
such transcript was, at the date of such judgment, such justice or clerk,
shall be prima facie evidence in any court of justice in this state to
prove the facts contained in such transcript, and no more.

L. 1837, ch. 461, § 5 (Comp. 1355).                                                            ^