Expense
Defined in 1 dictionary — Burrill (1850)
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. [from expendere, to expend.] In the civil law. Expenses or charges. Expensae litis; costs of suit. Calv. Lex. Victus victori in expensis condemnatur. The vanquished party shall be condemned to the victor in the costs, [i. e. adjudged to pay the costs.] Code, 3. 1. 13. Experientia per varios actus legem facit. Experience by various or repeated acts, makes law. Branch's Princ. Co. Litt. 60. EXPERIRI. Lat.
In the civil law. To sue; to try one's right by law. Inst. 2. 6. 9. Id. 4. 6. 40. Id. 4. 11. pr. Used in the same sense, with the words judicio, actione, &c. Calv. Lex. Jur.