§ 929 Costs to successful defendant as matter of course.

If you're a defendant and you win your case in one of the actions covered by the previous section, you automatically get your costs paid back. You don't have to make a special argument for it or convince the judge you deserve it. Winning the case is enough on its own to entitle you to these costs.

This means the court doesn't have discretion to deny you costs just because it feels like it. If you're the defendant and the judgment goes in your favor, the law says you get your costs as a matter of course, meaning it happens automatically as part of the normal process.

It's worth noting that "costs" here typically means things like court filing fees and other expenses tied to the lawsuit, not necessarily your attorney's fees. The exact items covered as "costs" would depend on other parts of the law, but the key point of this rule is that winning defendants get reimbursed without having to fight for it separately.