The omission to specify or affirm in this title any liability to any damages, penalty, forfeiture, or other remedy imposed by law and allowed to be recovered or enforced in any civil action or proceeding for any act or omission declared punishable in this title does not affect any right to recover or enforce the same.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 22-2-1

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.

Source: SDC 1939, § 13.0110; SL 2005, ch 120, § 367.