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§ 5092 — Death or escape of party arrested or imprisoned

Delaware § 5092
JurisdictionDelaware
Title10
PartProcedure
Ch. 49EXECUTIONS
Subch.Miscellaneous Provisions

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Bluebook
Del. Code tit. 10, § 5092 (2026).

Text

If a person arrested, or imprisoned, by virtue of an execution, dies in execution, or escape, in either case the arrest, or imprisonment, shall be no satisfaction of the judgment, on which the execution is issued; and the execution shall be held to be in no part executed by such arrest, or imprisonment.

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Legislative History

Code 1852, § 2499; Code 1915, § 4416; Code 1935, § 4874; 10 Del. C. 1953, § 5092

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