South Dakota Codified Laws 15-17-57. Disbursements taxed when appeal affirmed in part and reversed in part–Discretion of court
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If an appeal is affirmed in part and reversed in part, disbursements taxed in the trial court are vacated. The trial court may, in its discretion, in the interest of justice, allow or apportion the taxation of disbursements by any party after remand of an appeal which has been affirmed in part and reversed in part by the Supreme Court.
Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 15-17-57
- Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
Source: SL 1992, ch 148, § 22.