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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Commonwealth, plural, plural-only
Topics: law
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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