Costs to abide event
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Costs to be borne by the losing party on a new trial. See 50 Hun (N. Y.), 441, 3 N. Y. Supp. 297.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
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,
Defined under Costs in Black's Law Dictionary.