# Administration of Justice Act 1696, Section IV: If Defendant be found guilty in Action of Trespass, Plaintiff to have Costs, &c. on Judge's Certificate.


And for the preventing of wilfull and malicious Trespasses be it further enacted That in all Actions of Trespasse to be co[m]menced or prosecuted from and after the said Five and twentieth Day of March One thousand six hundred ninety and seven in any of His Majesties Courts of Record att Westminster wherein att the Tryal of the Cause it shall appeare and be certified by the Judge under his Hand upon the Back of the Record that the Trespasse upon which any Defendant shall be found guilty was wilfull and malicious the Plaintiffe shall recover not onely his Damages but his full Costs of Suit Any former Law to the contrary notwithstanding.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Will3/8-9/11/section/IV (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/administration-of-justice-act-1696/section-IV
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