Sec.
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18.070
Payment of costs on postponement; costs and attorney’s fees on mistrial.
1.
When an application is made to a court or master to postpone a trial, the payment of costs, occasioned by the postponement may be imposed, in the discretion of the court or master, as a condition of granting the postponement.
2.
A court may impose costs and reasonable attorney’s fees against a party or an attorney who, in the judgment of the court, purposely caused a mistrial to occur.