§ 147. Holding special and trial terms. A special term or a trial
term must be held by one judge, except that when private property
located within the city of New York shall be taken for public use by the
city of New York, the compensation to be made therefor shall be
ascertained by a special term for condemnation proceedings of the
supreme court. At least one special term and two trial terms must be
appointed to be held in each year in each county separately organized.
Two or more trial terms may be appointed to be held and may be held at
the same time in any county. Fulton and Hamilton counties shall be
deemed one county for the purposes of this section. A special term of
the supreme court may be adjourned to a future day, and to any place
within the judicial district, by an entry in the minutes. After the
discharge of the jury, a trial and special term may be adjourned in like
manner, for the trial of issues by the court. Any such adjourned term
may be further adjourned from time to time, as the justice holding the
same directs. Special terms may be held at the chambers of the justice
or elsewhere in the judicial district, but an action triable by the
court without a jury, which was upon the calendar of a term before it
was adjourned to the chambers of a justice under this section, may be
tried at the term so adjourned to chambers only by consent of both
parties.