Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prevailing party

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.55 in modern English

Syllables: pre-vail-ing -par-ty
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The party in a civil lawsuit whom the factfinder determines to be right, and who, in some jurisdictions, may recover attorney's fees and other expenses associated with the prosecution or defense of the lawsuit.

Inflected Forms

prevailing parties (plural)

Questions

What does prevailing party mean?: The party in a civil lawsuit whom the factfinder determines to be right, and who, in some jurisdictions, may recover attorney's fees and other expenses associated with the prosecution or defense of the lawsuit.

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