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Code · Vermont · Title 12 — Court Procedure · Chapter 85

§ 2147.

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§ 2147. Action on judgment upon which execution might have issued
A person commencing an action founded on a judgment rendered in this State, upon which at the time of bringing his or her action execution might issue, shall not recover costs, if the court before whom it is brought considers that it was commenced without sufficient cause and that the creditor might as well have recovered his or her demand by execution.
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