prevailing party

A party in whose favor a judgment is rendered, regardless of the amount of damages awarded [in certain cases, the court will award attorney’s fees to the prevailing party].

— Also termed successful party. See Buckhannon Bd. & Care Home, Inc. v. West Va. Dep’t of Health & Human Res., 532 U.S. 598, 603, 121 S.Ct. 1835, 1839 (2001) (relying on the seventh edition of Black’s Law Dictionary [1999]). [Cases: Costs 32, 194.14; Federal Civil Procedure 2737.1. C.J.S. Costs §§ 10, 126.]

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译者Mathew，国际知名法学院国际仲裁与争端解决专业，擅长翻译各种与美国国内仲裁相关的法律文件。