An accord is an agreement to accept, in extinction of an obligation, something different from that to which the person agreeing to accept is entitled.
S.D. Codified Laws § 20-7-1
Accord defined
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Arnott v. American Oil Co. (1979)
Most recently applied in Berwald v. Stan's, Inc. (July 2025)
Source: CivC 1877, § 859; CL 1887, § 3483; RCivC 1903, § 1177; RC 1919, § 784; SDC 1939, § 47.0233.
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Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.