§ 7502. Right of action by injured person; title of action.
§ 7502. Right of action by injured person; title of action. Every person injured by the breach of the condition of any public recognizance or bond may, in the name of the State, but for such person’s own use, institute an action upon such recognizance or bond, and prosecute the same to judgment and execution. […]
§ 7503. Judgment for less than penalty; security for further damages.
§ 7503. Judgment for less than penalty; security for further damages. A recognizance, bond, or penal sum, shall not be extinguished by a judgment in an action thereon, if for a sum as debt less than the penalty, but shall remain as a security for any damages sustained, or to be sustained on occasion of […]
§ 7357. Arrest upon same process; continuation of obligations.
§ 7357. Arrest upon same process; continuation of obligations. A person discharged from imprisonment pursuant to § 7354, § 7355 or § 7356 of this title shall not be again arrested upon the same process, but such imprisonment and discharge shall have no other effect. No judgment, debt, or demand shall be thereby extinguished or […]
§ 7504. Limitation of liability.
§ 7504. Limitation of liability. Nothing contained in this chapter shall make a recognizor, obligor, or other party liable for damages beyond the penalty of his or her recognizance, bond, or specialty; or in any manner extend, abridge, or alter the legal operation of any recognizance or other instrument. Code 1852, § 2580; Code 1915, […]
§ 7358. Special proceedings; affidavit of fraud.
§ 7358. Special proceedings; affidavit of fraud. (a) The provisions of this subchapter for the discharge of a person imprisoned on civil process, upon failure of the party at whose suit such person is imprisoned to indemnify the county, shall not apply to the case of a prisoner remanded by the court upon the trial […]
§ 7505. Inadequate penalty; priority of claims.
§ 7505. Inadequate penalty; priority of claims. If the penalty of a recognizance or bond, acknowledged or executed as mentioned in § 7501 of this title, is not adequate to cover all the damages sustained on occasion of the breaches of the condition thereof, and such damages are sustained by several persons, such persons shall […]
§ 7371. Appearance in actions.
§ 7371. Appearance in actions. The appearance of any person who is discharged from imprisonment according to subchapters I-IV of this chapter may be entered in any action, from process in which such person is so discharged. Such action may be proceeded in on the ground of such appearance. Code 1852, § 2726; Code 1915, […]
§ 7506. Installment payments, recovery of.
§ 7506. Installment payments, recovery of. Sections 7501-7505 of this title shall extend to an action upon a bond or specialty in a penal sum with condition for the payment of money or interest of money by installments or on different days, unless such action is commenced after all the sums, whether for principal or […]
§ 7326. Abatement of actions pending at assignment.
§ 7326. Abatement of actions pending at assignment. No action or proceeding of the petitioner at law, or in equity, shall be abated by the assignment, but such action or proceeding may be continued and execution may be issued on any judgment recovered by the petitioner, as if no such deed of assignment had been […]
§ 7327. Release after assignment.
§ 7327. Release after assignment. No release, acquittance, or receipt, made by the petitioner after executing the deed of assignment, of any debt, demand, right, action, or cause of action, existing at or before the time of executing the deed, shall be of any force or effect. Code 1852, § 2708; Code 1915, § 4632; […]