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Costs
Costs, expenses incurred in litigation or professional transactions, consisting of money paid for stamps, etc., to the officers of the Court, or to
estoppel
a bar to the relitigation of issues collateral estoppel : estoppel by judgment barring the relitigation of issues litigated by the same parties on a different cause of action ;broadly : estoppel by judgment barring the relitigation
prescription
(as one year) after which legal action is barred if no steps have been taken to enforce or litigate the right [delictual actions are subject to a liberative prescription of one year "Louisiana Civil Code"] NOTE: Liberative
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representative
as successor or heir e : one named as the plaintiff or defendant in a class action to litigate on behalf of the class
interpleader
: a proceeding by which a person compels parties making the same claim against him or her to litigate the matter between themselves see also bill in the nature of interpleader and bill of interpleader at bill
Stare in judicio
Stare in judicio [Lat.], to sue; to litigate in a Court.
Security for costs
of a counterclaim he is really in the position of a plaintiff; or from a person compelled to litigate. Security for costs may extend as well to past as future costs. The Rules under the Judicature Acts
Perpetuating testimony
case used to be that of a devisee establishing a will against the heir-at-law, by compelling him to litigate the question at once or not at all, and by perpetuating the evidence of the attesting witnesses. See
Office practitioner
Office practitioner, means a lawyer who does not litigate; an attorney whose work is accomplished primarily in the office, without court appearances. Also termed office lawyer, Black's
Litigative puppetry
Litigative puppetry, the technique of making someone to litigate, while somebody else, who is the real beneficiary of the litigation controls matters from the background. In the
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