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GENERAL CONSTRUCTION LAW LAWS 1909, CHAP. 27 AN ACT relating to construction, constituting chapter twenty-two of the consolidated laws. Became a law February 17, 1909, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact…
ARTICLE 1 SHORT TITLE Section 1. Short title.
§ 1. Short title. This chapter shall be known as the "General Construction Law."
ARTICLE 2 MEANING OF TERMS Section 10. Acknowledge and acknowledgment. 11. Acknowledgment or proof of instrument. 11-a. Acquisition. 11-b. Appropriation. 12. Affidavit. 13. Adjournment of meeting. 13-a. Armed forces of the United States. 13-b. Board of supervisors. 14. Bond and undertaking. 15. Chattels. 16. Choose. 16…
§ 10. Acknowledge and acknowledgment. The terms acknowledge and acknowledgment, when used with reference to the execution of an instrument or writing other than a deed of real property, include a compliance with the provisions of the next section by either such proof or acknowledgment.
§ 11. Acknowledgment or proof of instrument. When the execution of any instrument or writing is authorized or required by law to be acknowledged, or to be proven so as to entitle it to be filed or recorded in a public office, the acknowledgment may be taken or the proof made before any officer then and there authorized…
§ 11-a. Acquisition. The term "acquisition" means the act of acquiring any title to, right or interest in, real property through the exercise of the power of eminent domain pursuant to the provisions of the eminent domain procedure law.
§ 11-b. Appropriation. The term "appropriation" when used in reference to the acquiring of any title to, right or interest in real property through the exercise of the power of eminent domain, shall be deemed to mean acquisition.
§ 12. Affidavit. When an affidavit is authorized or required it may be sworn to before any officer authorized by law to take the acknowledgment of deeds in this state, unless a particular officer is specified before whom it is to be taken.
§ 13. Adjournment of meeting. Any meeting referred to in section forty-one of this chapter may be adjourned by a less number than a quorum.
§ 13-a. Armed forces of the United States. "Armed forces of the United States" means the army, navy, marine corps, air force, space force and coast guard including all components thereof, and the national guard when in the service of the United States pursuant to call as provided by law. Pursuant to this definition no…
§ 13-b. Board of supervisors. The term "board of supervisors" means the elective governing body of a county, by whatever name designated.
§ 14. Bond and undertaking. A provision of law authorizing or requiring a bond to be given shall be deemed to have been complied with by the execution of an undertaking to the same effect.
§ 15. Chattels. The term chattels includes goods and chattels; and, where the term appears in any statute or rule pertaining to an action to recover the same, it also includes all specific personal property, such as, but not limited to, certificates of stock, bonds, notes, or other securities or obligations.
§ 16. Choose. The term choose includes elect and appoint.
§ 16-a. Civil action. The term "civil action" means any action except when prosecuted in the name of the people of the state of New York, as plaintiffs against a party charged with crime.
§ 16-b. Condemnation. The term "condemnation" when used in reference to the acquiring of any title to, right or interest in, real property through the exercise of the power of eminent domain, shall be deemed to mean acquisition.
§ 17. Criminal code. The term criminal code means the code of criminal procedure.
§ 18. Consolidated laws. The term Consolidated Laws shall mean the compilation of the statutes prepared by the board of statutory consolidation and the amendments thereof.
§ 18-a. Criminal action. A "criminal action" is prosecuted in the name of the people of the state of New York, as plaintiffs, against a party charged with crime.
§ 19. Day, calendar. A calendar day includes the time from midnight to midnight. Sunday or any day of the week specifically mentioned means a calendar day.
§ 20. Day, computation. A number of days specified as a period from a certain day within which or after or before which an act is authorized or required to be done means such number of calendar days exclusive of the calendar day from which the reckoning is made. If such period is a period of two days, Saturday, Sunday…
§ 20-a. Distinct parcel. "Distinct parcel" of real property is a part of the property which is or may be set off by boundary lines as distinguished from an undivided share or interest therein.
§ 22. Gender. Whenever words of the masculine or feminine gender appear in any law, rule, regulation, or resolution unless the sense of the sentence indicates otherwise, they shall be deemed to refer to persons of any gender. This construction shall apply to gender indicative suffixes or prefixes as well as to gender i…
§ 23. Heretofore and hereafter. Each of the terms, heretofore, and hereafter, in any provision of a statute, relates to the time such provision takes effect.