Plaintiff and defendant defined

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SD Code › Title 21 › Chapter 18 › Section 21-18-2

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The term, plaintiff, is used in this chapter to include every judgment creditor, and the term, defendant, every judgment debtor.

Source: SL 1909, ch 156, § 1; RC 1919, § 2453; SL 1925, ch 182, § 1; SDC 1939, § 37.2801; SL 1939, ch 143.

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