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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>74336</law_id><section_number>17.1-603</section_number><catch_line>Costs when suit is in name of one person for another</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="17.1">Courts of Record</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="6">Costs Generally</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>When a suit is in the name of one person for the benefit of any other, if <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> is entered for the <span class="dictionary">defendant</span>&#x2019;s costs, it shall be against such other.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 14-177; 1964, c. 386, &#xA7; 14.1-180; 1998, c. 872.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
