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suit costs

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.51 in modern English

Syllables
suit- -costs
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An award granted by a court in a family law case requiring one party to pay some or all of another party's costs of the proceedings before the court. Unlike most other legal costs awards, suit costs are required to be paid while the case is ongoing, rather than after the matter has concluded.

Questions

What does suit costs mean?
An award granted by a court in a family law case requiring one party to pay some or all of another party's costs of the proceedings before the court. Unlike most other legal costs awards, suit costs are required to be paid while the case is ongoing, rather than after the matter has concluded.

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