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§ 20-12-101. Recovery by Successful Party - The successful party in all civil actions is entitled to...
§ 20-12-102. Litigation Tax - Litigation taxes shall be payable as required by §§ 67-4-602...
§ 20-12-103. Copies of Records - The necessary fees paid by the successful party in procuring...
§ 20-12-104. Postage - Postage or expressage paid by the officers of the court,...
§ 20-12-105. Number of Witnesses - Code 1858, §§ 3213, 3214 (deriv. Acts 1783, ch. 11,...
§ 20-12-106. Dismissal — Compromise - Suits may be dismissed, in writing, out of term time...
§ 20-12-107. Omitted Costs - Costs omitted in taxing the bills of costs may be...
§ 20-12-108. Correction of Erroneous Taxation - If the taxation of costs is excessive by charging the...
§ 20-12-109. Charged Against Real Plaintiff - Where suit is brought in the name of one for...
§ 20-12-110. Dismissal, Abatement or Discontinuance - In cases of nonsuit, dismissal, abatement by death of plaintiff...
§ 20-12-111. Appeal From General Sessions Court - If the appeal of the defendant from a judgment of...
§ 20-12-112. Jurisdictional Defects — Irregular Transfer - Where a suit is dismissed from any court for want...
§ 20-12-113. Abatement of Action - When a plaintiff suffers the plaintiff's action to abate by...
§ 20-12-114. Nominal Damages Recovered - In civil actions founded upon assault, assault and battery, malicious...
§ 20-12-115. Actions for Overflow of Water - In all suits for the recovery of damages occasioned by...
§ 20-12-116. Usury - If it appears in the action that usurious interest has...
§ 20-12-117. Taxation Between Defendants - The defendants against whom judgment has been recovered are entitled,...
§ 20-12-118. Cases Not Expressly Covered - If any case occurs not directly or by fair implication...
§ 20-12-120. Security Given by Plaintiff - No leading process shall issue from any court without security...
§ 20-12-121. Failure to Take Security - Any clerk who neglects to take the security required by...
§ 20-12-122. Actions Commenced by Petition or Motion - In any action commenced by petition or motion, the plaintiff...
§ 20-12-123. Appeals From General Sessions Court - The plaintiff in an action commenced before a judge of...
§ 20-12-124. Rule to Give Security - Any person required by law to give security for costs...
§ 20-12-125. Terms of Bond - In all cases of bonds, for the prosecution of original...
§ 20-12-126. Omission of Provisions From Bond - No omission or neglect to insert the proper conditions in...
§ 20-12-127. Pauper's Oath - I, , do solemnly swear under penalties of perjury, that...
§ 20-12-129. Next Friend's Oath - A person acting as the next friend of an infant...
§ 20-12-131. Duties of Officers and Witnesses in Cases in Forma Pauperis - In the cases provided for by §§ 20-12-127 — 20-12-130,...
§ 20-12-132. Dismissal of Pauper's Action - Code 1858, § 3194 (deriv. Acts 1821, ch. 22, §...
§ 20-12-133. Judgment Against Pauper - On failure, for any reason, to prosecute the action or...
§ 20-12-134. Payment by State - In all cases where any civil action is brought on...
§ 20-12-135. Judgment Against Surety - When security is given, judgment may, on motion, be rendered...
§ 20-12-136. Execution Against Principal and Surety - Where the costs in any case in a court of...
§ 20-12-137. Recovery From Successful Party - All costs in civil actions accrued at the instance of...
§ 20-12-138. Notice of Motion Against Successful Party - In all civil cases, when motions are made against the...
§ 20-12-139. Bill of Costs on Appeal - In case of appeals from the circuit or chancery court,...
§ 20-12-140. Payments From Appellate to Trial Court - When the costs accrued in the appellate court, and in...
§ 20-12-141. Payments by Clerk of Trial Court - On receiving the costs as described in § 20-12-140, the...
§ 20-12-142. Construction as Remedial - The law of costs shall be construed remedially and not...