common fund doctrine
common fund doctrine 共同资金原则 根据该原则，如原告或原告代理人通过努力而创设、获得、增加或保留某一资金，而他人亦对之主张权利的，则其有权从该笔资金中先行获取诉讼成本(包括代理费)的补偿，因该笔资金为共同资金，则取得该资金的成本亦应共同承担。
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COMMON-FUND DOCTRINE
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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