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Code · Virginia · Title 17.1 · Chapter 6

Code of Virginia § 17.1-600. Laws of costs not penal; discretion of courts of equity.

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The laws of costs shall not be interpreted as penal laws; nor shall anything in this chapter take away or abridge the discretion of a court of equity over the subject of costs, except as provided in § 17.1-604 .
Code 1950, § 14-174; 1964, c. 386, § 14.1-177; 1998, c. 872 .
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