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SECTION 1403
Confession of judgment
Uniform District Court Act (UDC) CHAPTER 565, ARTICLE 14
§ 1403. Confession of judgment.

The provisions of CPLR § 3218, relating to judgment by confession,
shall be applicable in this court where the relief for which the
judgment is confessed is within the jurisdiction of this court,
provided, with reference to paragraph one of subdivision (a) of said
section, that the affidavit specify that the defendant is a resident of
a district of this court or, if he is not such a resident, that entry is
authorized in this court, designating the district. If such additional
requirements are fulfilled, the words "clerk of the county" as used in
subdivision (b) of said section shall be deemed a reference to the clerk
of this court in the district specified, and the judgment confessed
shall be entered in this court and shall be enforcible in the same
manner and with the same effect as a judgment in an action in this
court.