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R5015 – Relief From Judgment or Order.

Rule 5015. Relief from judgment or order. (a) On motion. The court which rendered a judgment or order may relieve a party from it upon such terms as may be just, on motion of any interested person with such notice as the court may direct, upon the ground of: 1. excusable default, if such motion […]

R5016 – Entry of Judgment.

Rule 5016. Entry of judgment. (a) What constitutes entry. A judgment is entered when, after it has been signed by the clerk, it is filed by him. (b) Judgment upon verdict. Judgment upon the general verdict of a jury after a trial by jury as of right shall be entered by the clerk unless the […]

R5017 – Judgment-Roll.

Rule 5017. Judgment-roll. (a) Preparation and filing. A judgment-roll shall be prepared by the attorney for the party at whose instance the judgment is entered or by the clerk. It shall be filed by the clerk when he enters judgment, and shall state the date and time of its filing. (b) Content. The judgment-roll shall […]

5018 – Docketing of Judgment.

§ 5018. Docketing of judgment. (a) Docketing by clerk; docketing elsewhere by transcript. Immediately after filing the judgment-roll the clerk shall docket a money judgment, and at the request of any party specifying the particular adverse party or parties against whom docketing shall be made, the clerk shall so docket a judgment affecting the title […]

5019 – Validity and Correction of Judgment or Order; Amendment of Docket.

§ 5019. Validity and correction of judgment or order; amendment of docket. (a) Validity and correction of judgment or order. A judgment or order shall not be stayed, impaired or affected by any mistake, defect or irregularity in the papers or procedures in the action not affecting a substantial right of a party. A trial […]

5020 – Satisfaction-Piece.

§ 5020. Satisfaction-piece. (a) Generally. When a person entitled to enforce a judgment receives satisfaction or partial satisfaction of the judgment, he shall execute and file with the proper clerk pursuant to subdivision (a) of section 5021, a satisfaction-piece or partial satisfaction-piece acknowledged in the form required to entitle a deed to be recorded, which […]

5020-A – Payment of Judgment in Certain Cases.

§ 5020-a. Payment of judgment in certain cases. When a judgment debtor has shown to the satisfaction of the clerk of the court from which an execution has been issued that a sum of money which satisfies the judgment had been sent to the last known address of the judgment creditor by registered or certified […]

5021 – Entry of Satisfaction.

§ 5021. Entry of satisfaction. (a) Entry upon satisfaction-piece, court order, deposit into court, discharge of compounding joint debtor. The clerk of the court in which the judgment was entered or, in the case of a judgment of a court other than the supreme, county or a family court which has been docketed by the […]

5011 – Definition and Content of Judgment.

§ 5011. Definition and content of judgment. A judgment is the determination of the rights of the parties in an action or special proceeding and may be either interlocutory or final. A judgment shall refer to, and state the result of, the verdict or decision, or recite the default upon which it is based. A […]