Q. What constitutional provision in regard to eligibility?
A. They cannot hold the office longer than the last day of
December next after they shall be seventy years of age.
Q. What are some of their duties?
A. To preside and try causes in the Circuit, Oyer and Terminer, and also hear appeals in the Special Term, and when appointed Judges of the General Term to hear and decide appeals there.
SPECIAL TERM.
Q. What is a Special Term?
A. A court held by one of the Supreme Court Judges in the district simply for hearing and deciding motions and appeals.
GENERAL TERM.
Q. What is a General Term Court; and how many are there in the
State?
A. It is a court for hearing appeals, and consists of a single district, or a union of several districts; and there are four in the State, organized by an act of the Legislature.