§ 21-24-1 Power of courts to provide declaratory relief–Form and effect of declarations
§ 21-24-2 Person including business associations and public agencies
§ 21-24-3 Construction and determination of validity of written instruments, legislative acts,and franchises
§ 21-24-4 Contract construed before or after breach
§ 21-24-5 Determination of rights under trust or decedent’s estate
§ 21-24-6 Declaratory relief powers not limited by specific enumeration
§ 21-24-7 Parties to be joined in action for declaratory relief
§ 21-24-8 Municipality joined in proceeding involving ordinance or franchise–Attorney generaljoined when constitutional question involved
§ 21-24-9 Trial of issues of fact
§ 21-24-10 Judgment refused where controversy would not be terminated
§ 21-24-11 Award of costs
§ 21-24-12 Further relief after declaratory judgment–Application and order to show cause
§ 21-24-13 Review of declaratory orders and judgments
§ 21-24-14 Chapter declared remedial–Liberal construction
§ 21-24-15 Severability of provisions
§ 21-24-16 Citation of chapter

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws > Title 21 > Chapter 24 - Declaratory Judgment

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Legatee: A beneficiary of a decedent
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • written: include typewriting and typewritten, printing and printed, except in the case of signatures, and where the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2