N.Y. DCD Law § 88
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Invalidity may be proved on motion to vacate order of arrest or execution
Official statutory text
§ 88. Invalidity may be proved on motion to vacate order of arrest or\nexecution. Where a person, who has been discharged as prescribed in this\narticle, is afterwards arrested by virtue of an order of arrest made, or\nan execution issued, in an action founded upon a debt or liability from\nwhich he is so discharged, the adverse party may oppose his application\nto be released from the arrest, by proof, by affidavit, of any cause for\navoiding the discharge, for want of jurisdiction, or as specified in the\nlast section. If such a cause is established, the application must be\ndenied.\n
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