§ 2-2-41 Legislative policy in redistricting
§ 2-2-42 Number of senators and senate districts
§ 2-2-43.1 Senatorial districts described
§ 2-2-44 Number of representatives and house districts
§ 2-2-45 Number of senators from each district
§ 2-2-46 Number of representatives from each district
§ 2-2-47.1 Single-member house districts–District No. 26
§ 2-2-48.1 Single-member house districts–District No. 28
§ 2-2-49 Ideal population of a senate and house district
§ 2-2-50 Voting district boundaries
§ 2-2-51 Attachment of omitted areas

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws > Title 2 > Chapter 2 - Legislative Districts

  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • 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.
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.