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Code · Delaware · Title 10 — Courts and Judicial Procedure · Chapter 51. Costs

§ 5102. Civil actions where defendant resides in another county.

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Wherever suit is brought in any civil action, excepting action where the venue is by law local, against any citizen of this State, in any other county than that wherein such citizens resides at the time of the inception thereof, the plaintiff shall not recover costs and such costs shall not be payable by the defendant nor collectible by execution process.
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