{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:article:266","workId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil-procedure:2015:en","title":"Contents of Judgment","number":"266","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/266/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK IV — JUDGEMENT, COST AND DISCONTINUANCE OF SUITS","title":"TITLE I — JUDGMENT","chapter":"Chapter 1. — General Provisions"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"The judgment shall contain:","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/266/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":146,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/146/?article=266&paragraph=p1#article-266-p1"}]},{"id":"p1a","number":"a","parentId":"p1","text":"the names and the domicile of the parties and the names of their agents or pleaders;","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/266/#p1a","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":146,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/146/?article=266&paragraph=p1a#article-266-p1a"}]},{"id":"p1b","number":"b","parentId":"p1","text":"the number of the suit;","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/266/#p1b","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":146,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/146/?article=266&paragraph=p1b#article-266-p1b"}]},{"id":"p1c","number":"c","parentId":"p1","text":"the conclusion of the pleadings of the parties;","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/266/#p1c","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":146,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/146/?article=266&paragraph=p1c#article-266-p1c"}]},{"id":"p1d","number":"d","parentId":"p1","text":"the issues to be decided, the decision of the court and the reasons for the decision, including the facts on which the judgment is based;","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/266/#p1d","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":146,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/146/?article=266&paragraph=p1d#article-266-p1d"}]},{"id":"p1e","number":"e","parentId":"p1","text":"the relief to which the parties are entitled or obliged and the amount of costs incurred in the suit and by whom, or out of what property such costs are to be paid;","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/266/#p1e","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":146,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/146/?article=266&paragraph=p1e#article-266-p1e"}]},{"id":"p1f","number":"f","parentId":"p1","text":"where the judgment can be executed by the personal obedience of the judgment-debtor, the time within which it shall be executed;","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-procedure-code-2015/article/266/#p1f","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":146,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-procedure-code-2015/page/146/?article=266&paragraph=p1f#article-266-p1f"}]},{"id":"p1g","number":"g","parentId":"p1","text":"such particulars as are necessary to determine execution. 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Refworld labels it an unofficial translation. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force."}