The note of issue is the Court´s official notice prior to the cause being called to trial.

http://www.nycourts.gov/lawlibraries/glossary.shtml
note of issue: a document filed with the court placing a cause on the trial calendar


http://definitions.uslegal.com/n/note-of-issue/

A note of issue is used to have the court's clerk enter a case upon the court calendar for trial as of the date of the filing of the note of issue. In at least one jurisdiction, the court must first verify that discovery is complete before a note of issue may be filed.

The following is an example of a state statute dealing with notes of issue:
"Note of Issue and Certificate of Readiness
(a) General. No action shall be deemed ready for trial unless there is first filed a note of issue accompanied by a certificate of readiness, with proof of service on all parties entitled to notice, in the form prescribed by this section. Filing of a note of issue and certificate of readiness shall not be required for prisoner pro se claims, for an application for court approval of the settlement of the claim of an infant, incompetent or conservatee, or for an application for court approval of a settlement pursuant to section 20-a of the Court of Claims Act. The note of issue shall include the claim number, the name of the judge to whom the action is assigned, and the name, office address and telephone number of each attorney or individual who has appeared. Within ten days after service, the original note of issue and certificate of readiness, with proof of service, shall be filed with the clerk."


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note of issue
aviso de fijación de la litis


http://www.nycourts.gov/rules/trialcourts/208.shtml
Section 208.20 Special preferences.
(a) Any party claiming a preference under CPLR 3403 may apply to the court by making a motion in a motion part, in accordance with CPLR 3403(b), the note of issue therein referred to being deemed a preference to a notice of trial.

http://www.nycourts.gov/rules/trialcourts/208.shtml
Section 208.15 Transfer of actions.
Actions transferred from the Supreme Court to the Civil Court of the City of New York shall be placed in such order and relative position on the appropriate calendars that they will be reached for trial insofar as practicable as if a notice of trial had been filed in the Civil Court of the City of New York for the same date as that for which the note of issue was filed in the Supreme Court.