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Increase, affidavit of. Affidavit of payment of in-creased costs, produced on taxation. 'Of the costs of the pleadings, and the office fees of the proceed-ings, in the cause down to trial, the record will, in general, sufficiently inform the taxing-master; but the amount of the costs of the trial, including the evidence and the suspending of and any payment to witnesses, counsel, and Court fees, must be supported by affidavit, commonly called the 'Affidavit of Increase' Gray on Costs. See also Annual Practice, 1937, R.S.C. Ord. LXV., r. 16, and note. For forms of affidavit, see Chitty's Forms and Scott on Costs.