Interlocutory costs
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In practice
Costs accruing upon proceedings in the intermediate stages of a cause, as distinguished from final costs; such as the costs of motions.
3 Chit. Gen. Pr. 507; Goodyear v. Sawyer (C. C.) 17 Fed. 6.