Special Allowances
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In taxing the costs of an action as between party and party, the taxing officer is, in certain cases, empowered to make special allowances; i. e., to allow the party costs which the ordinary scale does not warrant.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In English practice. In taxing the costs of an action as between party and party, the taxing officer is, in certain cases, empowered to make special ni-lowances ; i. e., to allow the party costs which the ordinary scale does not warrant Sweet.
Defined under Allowance in Black's Law Dictionary.