RULE 54
JUDGMENTS; COSTS
(a) Definition; Form. "Judgment" as used in these rules includes a
decree and any final order from which an appeal lies. A judgment shall not
contain a recital of pleadings or the record of prior proceedings.
Judgments may be in writing signed by the court or may be oral confirmed by
an entry in the record.
(b) 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 in the judgment 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.
(c) Demand for Judgment. A judgment by default shall not be different
in kind from or exceed in amount that prayed for in the demand for
judgment. 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 favor it is rendered is entitled, even if the party has not demanded
such relief in his pleadings.
(d) Costs. Costs shall be fixed and allowed as provided in RCW
12.20.060 or by any other applicable statute.
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