prevailing party

prevailing party

prevailing party 胜诉当事人 指在诉讼中全部或部分获胜的当事人。当事人胜诉,并非指其在诉讼各个阶段取得成功的程度,而是指在诉讼或其他程序终结时,其向对方提出的请求或答辩得到法庭的支持。依美国《联邦民事诉讼规则》〔Federal Rules of Civil Procedure〕的规定,胜诉当事人因诉讼支出的费用可获得补偿。 (→Equal Access to Justice Act)

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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

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