2006 New York Code - Definitions.

 
  § 2101. Definitions.
    The following words used in this act shall have the meaning defined in
  this section, unless otherwise apparent from the context:
    (a)  "Administrative  board"  means  the  administrative  board of the
  judicial conference of the state.
    (b)  "Administrative  judge"  means  the  officer  designated  by  the
  appellate division of the department in which the court is located.
    (c)  "Appellate  division" means the appellate division of the supreme
  court in and for the department in which the court is  located,  or  its
  designated administrative judge.
    (d)  "Clerk"  means the chief clerk or any other clerk or non-judicial
  person, regardless of title, employed by the  court  and  designated  to
  perform the function referred to in the particular section.
    (e) "County" means the county in which the court is located.
    (f) "County executive" means the officer, regardless of title, holding
  the highest executive position in the county.
    (g)  "Court"  means  the  district  court  in the county or one of the
  judges thereof, unless the context clearly indicates reference  to  some
  other court.
    (h)  "District"  means  a  district  of  the  court within the county,
  whether the court is established for the entire county or  only  a  part
  thereof, and whether or not the districts of the court within the county
  are contiguous.
    (i)  "Enforcement  officer"  means  such  officer or officers, whether
  sheriffs or marshals or otherwise titled, designated pursuant to law  to
  execute the civil mandates of the court.
    (j)  "Judge"  means any judicial officer of the district court, unless
  the context clearly indicates reference to some other judge.
    (k) "Rules" means the rules adopted pursuant to § 2103 of this act.
    (l) "Supervisors" means the board of  supervisors  or  other  elective
  governing body of the county.