costs of increase

costs of increase. Costs of court awarded in addition to what a jury awards. • Juries usu. awarded the successful party only a small sum for costs. A party wishing to recoup the additional costs had to file an affidavit of increase setting forth what further costs were incurred by taking the matter through trial. — Also termed costs de incremento. See affidavit of increase under AFFIDAVIT. [Cases: Costs 1–283; Federal Civil Procedure 2721–2748. C.J.S. Copyrights and Intellectual Property § 83; Costs §§ 2–209.]

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译员海燕，毕业于法国顶尖的高级翻译学院，专注翻译各种与破产对抗诉讼有关的法律文件。