21 - Judge other than of court of appeals or appellate division not to decide question argued during his absence. - New York Statutes

§ 21. Judge other than of court of appeals or appellate division not to decide question argued during his absence. A judge other than a judge of the court of appeals, or of the appellate division of the supreme court, shall not decide or take part in the decision of a question, which was argued orally in the court, when he was not present and sitting therein as a judge.