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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  1. General Laws
  2. Part III COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES
  3. Title VI COSTS AND FEES
  4. Chapter 261 COSTS IN CIVIL ACTIONS
  5. Section 15 Action by state in behalf of private parties; effect on costs

Section 15

Section 15: Action by state in behalf of private parties; effect on costs

Section 15. A private person at whose relation, for whose use or in whose behalf an action or proceeding is commenced in the name of the commonwealth or of the attorney general shall be liable for costs, as if it had been begun in his own name.