When the appellant is required, under any provisions of this title, to give an undertaking, he may in lieu thereof deposit with the clerk of the court in which the judgment or order appealed from is entered, a sum of money equal to the amount for which such undertaking is required to be given, and in lieu of the service of such undertaking, serve a notice of the making of such deposit. Such deposit and notice shall have the same effect as the service of the required undertaking, and be held to answer the event of the appeal upon the terms prescribed for the undertaking, in lieu of which the same is deposited.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 15-26A-41

  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • 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.

Source: SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 33.0726; SDCL, § 15-28-5.

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