Article VI.

Section 8. Judge not to sit in review of his own decisions; proceedings in law and equity

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Judge or justice not to sit in review; testimony in equity cases

No Judge or Justice shall sit in the Appellate Division or in the Court of Appeals in review of a decision made by him or by any court of which he was at the time a sitting member. The testimony in equity cases shall be taken in like manner as in cases at law; and, except as herein otherwise provided, the Legislature shall have the same power to alter and regulate the jurisdiction and proceedings in law and in equity that it has heretofore exercised.

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1870 Article Fifth. Section 8

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1926 Article Fifth. Section 19

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Judge not to sit in review of his own decisions; proceedings in law and equity

No judge or justice shall sit, at a general term of any court, or in the court of appeals, in review of a decision made by him, or by any court of which he was at the time a sitting member. The testimony inequity cases shall be taken in like manner as in cases at law; and except as herein otherwise provided, the Legislature shall have the same power to alter and regulate the jurisdiction and proceedings in law and equity as they have heretofore exercised.