Section 1403. Confession of judgment


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  • The  provisions  of  CPLR  § 3218, relating to judgment by confession,
      shall be applicable in  this  court  where  the  relief  for  which  the
      judgment  is  confessed  is  within  the  jurisdiction  of  this  court,
      provided, with reference to paragraph one of  subdivision  (a)  of  said
      section,  that the affidavit specify that the defendant is a resident of
      the municipality or, if he  is  not  such  a  resident,  that  entry  is
      authorized in this court. If such additional requirements are fulfilled,
      the  words  "clerk  of  the  county"  as used in subdivision (b) of said
      section shall be deemed a reference to the clerk of this court, and  the
      judgment  confessed  shall  be  entered  in  this  court  and  shall  be
      enforcible in the same manner and with the same effect as a judgment  in
      an action in this court.