A judgment is the final determination of the rights of the parties in an action.
§ 681.Judgment Defined
Chapter 11: Trial · Not amended since adoption on record · Last verified August 3, 2026
In one sentenceSection 681 opens the judgment article by defining a judgment as the final determination of the rights of the parties in an action, the term every later judgment and post-judgment section in this code depends on.
Full Text of § 681
Amendment History
R.L. 1910, § 5123.
Plain-English Summary
Section 681 opens the judgment article with its foundational definition: a judgment is the final determination of the rights of the parties in an action.
Short as it is, the definition does real work elsewhere in the code. Sections that key deadlines to a judgment's filing, like the new-trial timing rules in Section 653, depend on knowing exactly what counts as a judgment in the first place.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a judgment under Oklahoma law?
The final determination of the rights of the parties in an action.
Does this section describe how a judgment is entered or formatted?
No, it states only the definition; procedural rules about judgments appear in other sections.
Why does this one-sentence definition matter?
Other provisions, like the new-trial deadlines in Section 653, key their own timing to when a judgment is filed, so this definition anchors those rules.
Source & verification. Section text is reproduced verbatim from
Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes, enacted by the Oklahoma Legislature.
Last verified August 3, 2026.
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