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2012 South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 15 CIVIL PROCEDURE
Chapter 06. Rules Of Procedure In Circuit Courts
§15-6-54(a) Definition--Form of judgment.
SD Codified L § 15-6-54(A) (through 2012) What's This?
15-6-54(a). Definition--Form of judgment. "Judgment" as used in this chapter includes a decree and means the final determination of the rights of the parties in an action or proceeding. A judgment shall not contain a recital of pleadings, the report of a referee, or the record of prior proceedings. Every direction of a court or judge, made or entered in writing and not included in a judgment, is denominated an order.
Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, §§ 33.1404, 33.1701; SD RCP, Rule 54 (a), as adopted by Sup. Ct. Order March 29, 1966, effective July 1, 1966.
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