TITLE SEVEN — JUDGMENT
Rule 36. Judgments
Definition; Form. The terms “judgment” and “final judgment” include a decree and mean the act of the trial court finally adjudicating the rights of the parties affected by the judgment. “Order” includes every direction of the court, however designated, that is not a judgment. A judgment shall not include recitals of the pleadings, a report of a magistrate judge, or a record of prior proceedings.
Required Contents. Every judgment shall state:
the name of the court, the county in which it sits, and the case number assigned by the electronic filing system;
the username of each party bound or benefited by the judgment, together with any business or governmental entity name and, where a party is sued in an official capacity, that capacity;
the party in whose favour the judgment is rendered and the party against whom it is rendered;
the relief granted or denied, stated with sufficient particularity that a person reading the judgment alone can determine what is required of whom;
where money is awarded, the amount awarded, stated as a sum certain or as a sum which can by computation be made certain;
the date and time of entry, in Coordinated Universal Time.
Judgment for the Payment of Money. Where either party recovers a sum of money, the amount to which that party is entitled may be awarded by the judgment generally, without any distinction being made in the judgment as to whether the sum is recovered by way of debt or damages, as provided by 7 R. Stat. § 132.001. Monetary damages shall be satisfied in the manner established by game mechanics, as provided by 7 R. Stat. § 122.003(b). A judgment for the payment of money is enforceable only as provided in Rule 44, Rule 50, and 7 R. Stat. §§ 132.101 through 132.126.
Limits Fixed by Statute. The court shall not enter judgment for compensatory or punitive damages in excess of the limits fixed by the statute creating the cause of action. In a proceeding against the government, a proceeding in which the government is a party, or a proceeding in which the government has intervened, the judgment shall not exceed the limits fixed by 7 R. Stat. § 122.003, except that where statute permits the court to assess damages against a defendant in an individual capacity the judgment shall so state and shall identify the individual against whom that portion of the judgment runs.
Interest. The court shall not fix a rate of interest upon a judgment other than as prescribed by statute. Where a judgment or decree is assigned to a payment plan upon the consent of the recovering party, interest accrues as prescribed by 7 R. Stat. § 132.002. Where a judgment or decree is held in delinquency, interest accrues as prescribed by 7 R. Stat. § 132.106. The judgment shall recite which provision applies, or that neither applies.
Judgment Upon Multiple Claims or Involving Multiple Parties. When more than one claim for relief is presented in an action, whether as a claim, counterclaim, cross-claim, or third-party claim, or when multiple parties are involved, the court may direct the entry of a final judgment as to one or more but fewer than all of the claims or parties only upon an express determination that there is no just reason for delay and upon an express direction for the entry of judgment. In the absence of such determination and direction, any order or other form of decision, however designated, which adjudicates fewer than all the claims or the rights and liabilities of fewer than all the parties shall not terminate the action as to any of the claims or parties, and the order or other form of decision is subject to revision at any time before the entry of judgment adjudicating all the claims and the rights and liabilities of all the parties.
Demand for Judgment; Relief to Be Granted. A judgment by default shall not be different in kind from that prayed for in the demand for judgment. If only damages that are a sum certain, or a sum which can by computation be made certain, are demanded, a judgment by default shall not exceed the amount demanded. Except as to a party against whom a judgment is entered by default, every final judgment shall grant the relief to which the party in whose favour it is rendered is entitled, even if that party has not demanded such relief in the pleadings.
Consent and Agreed Judgments. The parties may present a proposed agreed judgment, which the court may enter, modify, or refuse. The Solicitor General may accept a settlement on behalf of the government and consent to a judgment or decree in line with that settlement, within the bounds of state statute and the Constitution, as provided by 7 R. Stat. § 122.006. A judgment entered on consent is a judgment for all purposes of these rules.
Satisfaction of Judgment. Upon payment in full of a judgment or decree, the clerk shall execute and record the satisfaction of the judgment and discharge any lien imposed by the judgment, as provided by 7 R. Stat. § 132.003. A party who has satisfied a judgment may move the court for an order directing the clerk to record satisfaction where the clerk has not done so. A plaintiff may voluntarily discharge a debt held by a defendant, as provided by 7 R. Stat. § 132.111; the discharge shall be filed, and upon its acceptance the clerk shall record the satisfaction.
Record of the Judgment. The Clerk of the Superior Court shall record and certify all orders, judgments, and decrees of the Superior Court, the Magistrate Court, and the Administrative Court, as required by 3 R. Stat. § 131.102. The certified record of a judgment is the entry made upon the docket through the judicial route of the electronic filing system under Rule 40, together with the document embodying the judgment.
Judgments of the Administrative Court. The Administrative Court shall not award damages in any proceeding, as provided by 3 R. Stat. § 141.010, and shall not order the termination, separation, discharge, or removal of a civil service employee except as expressly commanded by state statute, as provided by 3 R. Stat. § 141.012. A judgment of the Administrative Court granting equitable or declaratory relief is entered and enforced as any other judgment, subject to those limitations and to Rule 57.