Court for the Trial of Impeachments and the Correction of Errors

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court of last resort former court impeachment court

The Court for the Trial of Impeachments and the Correction of Errors was New York State’s highest appellate and impeachment court under its early constitutions, combining judicial review of lower court decisions with the power to try impeachments before being superseded in the 19th century.

Aliases (1)

New York Court for the Trial of Impeachments and the Correction of Errors ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court of last resort → former court → impeachment court →
appliesToJurisdiction	New York State →
branch	Judicial branch of New York State →
compositionIncludes	Chancellor of New York → Justices of the New York Supreme Court → Lieutenant Governor of New York → New York State Senators →
country	United States of America →
dissolvedBy	Constitution of New York (1846) →
dissolvedInYear	1847 →
establishedBy	Constitution of New York (1777) →
establishedInPeriod	late 18th century →
governs	appeals in certain criminal cases → appeals in civil cases → appeals in equity cases →
hasAlternativeName	Court of Errors (New York) → New York Court for the Trial of Impeachments and the Correction of Errors →
hasAuthorityOver	appeals from New York Court of Chancery → appeals from New York Supreme Court → impeachment of New York State officials →
hasCategory	Courts of last resort in the United States → Defunct New York state courts → Impeachment courts →
hasFunction	correction of errors in lower court decisions → highest appellate review in New York State → trial of impeachments →
hearsCasesFrom	New York Court of Chancery → New York Supreme Court of Judicature →
historicalEra	early statehood of New York →
influenced	development of New York appellate jurisprudence → structure of later New York Court of Appeals →
jurisdiction	State of New York →
languageOfProceedings	English →
legalStatus	abolished court →
legalTradition	common law →
locatedIn	Albany, New York →
namedAfterFunction	correction of errors in law → trial of impeachments →
operatedUnderConstitution	Constitution of New York (1777) → Constitution of New York (1821) →
partOf	Government of the State of New York →
replacedFunctionOf	appellate jurisdiction later exercised by New York Court of Appeals →
roleInSystem	combined judicial and impeachment functions → highest court under early New York constitutions →
supersededBy	New York Court of Appeals →
supersededInCentury	19th century →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Court for the Trial of Impeachments and the Correction of Errors ("New York Court for the Trial of Impeachments and the Correction of Errors") →	hasAlternativeName
New York Court of Appeals →	replaced