Suit money
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
An allowance, in the nature of temporary alimony, authorized by statute in some states to be made to a wife on the institution of her suit for divorce, intended to cover the reasonable expenses of the suit and to provide her with means for the efficient preparation and trial of her case.
See Yost v. Yost, 141 Ind. 584, 41 N. E. 11.