One of the first Europeans there was named Jonas Bronck. So legend goes people would say “I'm going to visit the Broncks” referring to his family and that eventually became The Bronx.
It's because it's named after the Bronx River like you're actually saying the Bronx parenthesesMoreIt's because it's named after the Bronx River like you're actually saying the Bronx parentheses River the same way you might say the Hudson or the Thames.
So they abbreviated they always abbreviated. Everything when they were writing things with quillMoreSo they abbreviated they always abbreviated. Everything when they were writing things with quill pens. So they write it wrote it Bronx. So it became the Bronx River in 1895.
Myrna Socorro (Democratic Party) is a judge of the New York Supreme Court 12th Judicial District. She assumed office on January 1, 2023. Her current term ends on January 1, 2037. Socorro (Democratic Party) ran for election for judge of the New York Supreme Court 12th Judicial District.
Bronxite here. There's a river originally known as Bronck's River, named after the settler Jonas Bronck who had settled in what is today Mott Haven. It was misspelled as the Bronx River in later years. So when NYC eventually got the land from Westchester County, they named the borough The Bronx after the Bronx River.
The Bronx is referred to with the definite article as "the Bronx" or "The Bronx", both legally and colloquially. The "County of the Bronx" also takes "the" immediately before "Bronx" in formal references, like the coextensive "Borough of the Bronx".
A Demand for a Bill of Particulars is a list of written questions from one party to another asking for details (particulars) about a claim or defense. Although a Bill of Particulars technically is not discovery, it can be used to get information about a claim or defense.
Brief Synopsis: A motion to transfer a state court case from one courthouse to another, often in another county, is based upon an argument that a “fair and impartial trial cannot be held in the county” usually due to news coverage and/or the popularity and prominence of the defendant.
1. An attorney may appear on behalf of a party in a civil action or proceeding for limited purposes. Whenever an attorney appears for limited purposes, a notice of limited scope appearance shall be filed in addition to any self-represented appearance that the party may have already filed with the court.