Costs to abide event
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
When an order is made by an appellate court reversing a judgment, with "costs to abide the event," the costs intended by the outer include those of the appeal, so that, it the appellee is finally successful, he is entitled to tax the costs of the appeal.
First Nat
Bank v. Fourth Nat. Bank, 84 N. Y. 469,