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If a party\nchanges his name, upon affidavit or other proof of the fact, the suit or action\nshall proceed in the new name, but if the change of name be not suggested before\njudgment, the judgment shall be as valid, and may be enforced in like manner, as\nif no such change of name had taken place.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-147; 1973, c. 401; 1977, c. 617.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}