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Prevailing party Moderate

Origin: Latin prefix pre-

Prevailing party has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the party in a lawsuit who obtains a judgment in their own favor

2

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.

See Also
recover prosecution jurisdiction attorney's fee expense attorney's fees civil defense
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
litigant
Rhyming Words
arty barty durty purty berty porty warty gerty morty hurty tarty forty party dorty carty worty dirty rorty farty marty
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