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Definition of Prevailing party
1. Noun. The party in a lawsuit who obtains a judgment in their own favor.
Definition of Prevailing party
1. Noun. (legal) : The party in a civil lawsuit who 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prevailing Party
Literary usage of Prevailing party
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1904)
"tlon by the losing party to offer an amendment, the prevailing party is entitled
to be heard on the question as to whether it shall be allowed. ..."
2. The Practice of the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas, in Personal by William Tidd, Francis Joseph Troubat, Asa Israel Fish, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, Great Britain Court of Exchequer (1856)
"Fourthly, the misbehaviour of the prevailing party, towards the jury or ...
[A] If there appears the least attempt on the part of a prevailing party to seek ..."
3. The Law of Railways: Embracing Corporations, Eminent Domain, Contracts by Isaac Fletcher Redfield (1867)
"Costs most commonly awarded to prevailing party. 2. If parties compromise merits,
court will not decide question of costs. § 224. 1. ..."
4. The Law of Railways: Embracing Corporations, Eminent Domain, Contracts by Isaac Fletcher Redfield (1873)
"Costs most common!;/ awarded to prevailing party. 2. 7f parties compromise merits,
court will not decide question of costs. § 22-t. 1. ..."
5. The Law of Railways: Embracing Corporations, Eminent Domain, Contracts by Isaac Fletcher Redfield (1869)
"... the courts of equity to give the prevailing party costs,2 unless there are
some very peculiar circumstances, whereby he is not entitled to claim costs, ..."
6. The Works of Rufus Choate: With a Memoir of His Life by Rufus Choate, Samuel Gilman Brown (1862)
"... in the caucus of the prevailing party will make him. Will they not ? Each party
is to nominate for the office, if the people are to vote for it, ..."
7. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"Held, that the bank was the "prevailing party," within Code, { 323, and the costs of
... 187, 5 34, providing that the prevailing party shall recover costs, ..."
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