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Security for costs is a common law legal concept of application only in costs jurisdictions, and is an order sought from a court in litigation. The general rule in costs jurisdiction is that "costs follow the event". In other words, the loser in legal proceedings must pay the legal costs of the successful
A take-or-pay contract, or a take-or-pay clause within a contract, is a payment obligation agreed between a business customer and its supplier. With this kind of contract, the customer either takes the product from the supplier or pays the supplier a penalty. For any product the company takes, it agrees to pay the supplier a certain price, say ...
In the United States the "American rule" is generally followed, each party bearing its own expense of litigation. However, 35 U.S.C. § 285 provides that in patent cases, the losing party may have to pay attorney fees of the winning party if the case is deemed "exceptional."
Current governor suggests tapping the 2021 Escrow fund created by former Gov. Charlie Baker, now at $700 million, to pay for emergency shelter costs Funds depleted, shelters full, Healey urges ...
Cases are known in which one party won the case, but lost more than the monetary worth in court costs. Court costs may be awarded to one or both parties in a lawsuit, or they may be waived. [1] In the United Kingdom, Australia and Canada, the losing side is usually ordered to pay the winning side's costs. This acts as a significant disincentive ...
Title costs: In some cases, the seller will pay title-related fees as well as, or instead of, the buyer. For instance, in most of Florida, sellers cover the cost of an owner’s title insurance ...
A lawyer for Nikita Hand has urged a High Court judge to order Conor McGregor to pay the entire costs of her civil action after a jury found she had been raped by the mixed martial arts fighter in ...
In 2012–2014, a New Jersey woman had to pay a lawyer to get out of an indemnity payment for injury at a storage unit. When someone slipped on ice in 2012 while going to a unit, Public Storage sued in court to make the woman who rented the unit pay for the injury. She tried to ignore the case and so state court ruled that she had to pay.