Delaware § 7503 Judgment for less than penalty; security for further damages

Delaware Statutes

§ 7503 — Judgment for less than penalty; security for further damages

Delaware § 7503

Title10

PartSpecial Proceedings

Ch. 75RECOGNIZANCES AND BONDS

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Bluebook

Del. Code tit. 10, § 7503 (2026).

Text

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 other breaches. For the recovery of such damages, actions may be instituted from time to time upon such recognizance, bond, or penal sum.

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