Title 12 — Right to Remedy. [Enacted title]
2 chapters · 15 sections in this title.
D.C. Code § 12-101 Survival of rights of action
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On the death of a person in whose favor or against whom a right of action has accrued for any cause prior to his death, the right of action, for all such cases, survives in favor of or against the legal representative of the deceased.
D.C. Code § 12-102 Substitution of parties
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The substitution of parties in civil actions in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and the Superior Court of the District of Columbia is governed by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
D.C. Code § 12-103 Judgment and costs in case of new party
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In all cases where a new party is made to an action, the costs which accrued before the new party was made to the action shall be taxed as part of the costs in the action, and the judgment rendered shall be the same as if the action had been originally commenced between persons w…
D.C. Code § 12-104 Marriage of party
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An action does not abate by the marriage of a party. On application of a party the court may, on such terms and notice as it deems proper, allow and order any amendment in the pleadings and the making of any new or additional parties that the marriage may render necessary or prop…