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party and party costs

party and party costs noun: the reasonable and necessary costs incurred by a party to a lawsuit, often in accordance with a scale of costs published by the court and excluding any work not necessary to resolve the case.

Noun

party and party costs pl (plural only)

  1. (Commonwealth, plural, plural-only) The reasonable and necessary costs incurred by a party to a lawsuit, often in accordance with a scale of costs published by the court and excluding any work not necessary to resolve the case.
  2. (plural, plural-only) An award granted by a court requiring one party (normally the unsuccessful party in litigation) to pay another party the amount of party and party costs the latter incurred.

Questions about party and party costs

What does party and party costs mean?
Party and party costs means the reasonable and necessary costs incurred by a party to a lawsuit, often in accordance with a scale of costs published by the court and excluding any work not necessary to resolve the case.
What part of speech is party and party costs?
Party and party costs is a noun.

Words near party and party costs in the dictionary

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