Title 5 — Judicial Procedure
63 chapters · 721 sections in this title.
5 V.I.C. § 541 Costs defined
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(a) Costs which may be allowed in a civil action include:(1) Fees of officers, witnesses, and jurors;(2) Necessary expenses of taking depositions which were reasonably necessary in the action;(3) Expenses of publication of the summons or notices, and the postage when they are ser…
5 V.I.C. § 542 Collection of costs by execution
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The costs which a party is entitled to recover may be collected by execution to enforce the judgment as a part thereof.
5 V.I.C. § 543 Taxation of costs
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(a) A bill of costs shall be filed in the case and, upon allowance, included in the judgment or decree. (b) Before any bill of costs is taxed, the party claiming any item of cost shall attach thereto an affidavit, made by himself or by his duly authorized attorney or agent having…
5 V.I.C. § 544 Infant plaintiff
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Except in the case of a guardian ad litem under section 73 of this title, when costs or disbursements are adjudged against an infant plaintiff, the guardian by whom he appeared in the action shall be responsible therefor, as if he were the actual plaintiff in such action, and pay…
5 V.I.C. § 545 Parties acting in representative capacity
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In an action prosecuted or defended by an executor, administrator, trustee of an express trust, or a person expressly authorized by a statute to prosecute or defend therein, costs shall be recovered as in ordinary cases, but such costs shall only be chargeable upon or collected f…
5 V.I.C. § 546 Public corporations as parties
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In all actions prosecuted or defended in the name and for the use of any public corporation in the Virgin Islands, the public corporation shall be liable for and may recover costs in like manner and with like effect as in the case of natural persons.
5 V.I.C. § 547 Security for costs
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(a) If the plaintiff resides out of the Virgin Islands or is a foreign corporation, the defendant may serve a notice requiring security for the costs which may be awarded against the plaintiff. After the service of such a notice, all proceedings in the action shall be stayed unti…