Docket to Be Kept; Contents.

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1-21-101. Docket to be kept; contents.

(a) Every judge shall keep a docket in which he shall enter:

(i) The title of all causes commenced before him;

(ii) The time when process was issued against the defendant, its particular nature and to what officer delivered;

(iii) The time when the parties appeared before him, either without or upon the return of process;

(iv) A brief statement of the nature of the plaintiff's demand and the amount claimed, and if any setoff was pleaded, a similar statement of the setoff and the amount claimed;

(v) Every adjournment stating at whose request and for what time;

(vi) The time when the trial was had, stating whether the trial was by the jury or by the justice;

(vii) The verdict of the jury, when rendered and the judgment thereon;

(viii) The judgment of the court;

(ix) The time of issuing execution and the name of the officer to whom delivered;

(x) The fact of an appeal taken and allowed, and when taken and allowed;

(xi) Satisfaction of judgment and when made;

(xii) Any other entries material to the cause, showing the proceedings before the justice.


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