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South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 16 - COURTS AND JUDICIARY
Chapter 18 - POWERS AND DUTIES OF ATTORNEYS
Section 16-18-15 - Attorney not to maintain unjustified actions or defenses-Criminal defense excepted

S.D. Codified Laws § 16-18-15

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Section 16-18-15 - Attorney not to maintain unjustified actions or defenses-Criminal defense excepted

It is the duty of an attorney and counselor at law to counsel or maintain no other actions, proceedings, or defenses than those which appear to him legal and just, except the defense of a person charged with a public offense.

SDCL 16-18-15

PolC 1877, ch 18, § 4, subdiv 2; CL 1887, § 465, subdiv 2; RPolC 1903, § 697, subdiv 2; RC 1919, § 5262 (2); Supreme Court Rule 13, 1939; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 32.1201 (2).