Increase
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
COSTS OF.
In English law. It was formerly a practice with the jury to award to the successful party in an action the nominal sum of 40s. only for his costs; and the court assessed by their own officer the actual amount of the successful party's costs; and the amount so assessed, over and above the nominal sum awarded by the jury, was thence called "costs of increase." Lush, Com. Law Prac. 775. The practice has now wholly ceased. Rapalje & L.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
That which grows out of land or is produced by the cultivation of it. De Blane v. Lynch, 23 Tex. 27. The word is frequently used in connection with the young of domestic animals; the increase of a flock. See Accession.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
(1) The produce of land;
(2) the offspring of animals.
— Increase, affidavit of. Affidavit of payment of increased costs, produced on taxation.
— Increase, costs of. In English law. It was formerly a practice with the jury to award to the successful party in an action the nominal sum of 40s. only for his costs; and the court assessed, by their own officer the actual amount of the successful party's costs; and the amount so assessed, over and abave the nominal sum awarded by the jury, was thence calied "costs of increase." Lush, Com. Law Pr. 775. The practice has now wholly ceased. Rapal. & Law.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
Produce of land; offspring or issue of animals.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
(1) The produce of land; (2) the offspring of animais.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889