common fund doctrine

common-fund doctrine. The principle that a litigant who creates, discovers, increases, or preserves a fund to which others also have a claim is entitled to recover litigation costs and attorney’s fees from that fund. — Also termed equitable-fund doctrine. [Cases: Attorney and Client 155. C.J.S. Attorney and Client §§ 332–335.]
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