attorney's fee

  • 1attorney's fee — The payment made to a lawyer for legal services. These fees may take several forms: hourly, per job or service for example, $350 to draft a will, contingency (the lawyer collects a percentage of any money she wins for her client and nothing if… …

    Law dictionary

  • 2attorney's fee — An allowance made by the court as costs in addition to the ordinary statutory costs. 20 Am J2d Costs § 72. Compensation to which an attorney at law is entitled for his services and, unless restricted by a contingent fee contract, payable to the… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 3Attorney's fee — Attorney fees (note that the use of the word attorney connotes lawyers broadly: solicitors and barristers) are the costs of legal representation that an attorney s client or a party to a lawsuit incurs. Attorney s fees are assessed in a number of …

    Wikipedia

  • 4Attorney's Fee Awards — The order of payment of the attorney fees from one party to another party. In the U.S., each party in a legal case typically pays for his/her own attorney fees, but in some cases courts can order the losing side to pay for the winning party s… …

    Investment dictionary

  • 5attorney's fee — noun a) the fee charged by an attorney for work done in relation to a lawsuit or other work done by an attorney. b) an amount set by a court to be awarded to a prevailing party based on the reasonable fee that their attorney should have charged,… …

    Wiktionary

  • 6fee — n [Middle English, fief, from Old French fé fief, ultimately from a Germanic word akin to Old High German fehu cattle] 1: an inheritable freehold estate in real property; esp: fee simple compare leasehold; life estate at estate …

    Law dictionary

  • 7Attorney-client matching — (ACM), which has sometimes been referred to as online legal matching, is a subset of legal advertising that allows participating attorneys to be matched with potential clients seeking legal representation. ACM websites allow users to submit their …

    Wikipedia

  • 8attorney fees — See: attorney s fee Category: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits Nolo’s Plain English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009 …

    Law dictionary

  • 9Fee — For other uses see Fee (disambiguation) A fee is the price one pays as remuneration for services. Fees usually allow for overhead, wages, costs, and markup. Traditionally, professionals in Great Britain received a fee in contradistinction to a… …

    Wikipedia

  • 10attorney's fees — n. The sum charged to a client by an attorney at law for the professional services performed for the client. The sum reflects a contingent fee, flat fee, hourly fee, compensation for out of pocket expenses, or some combination thereof. See also… …

    Law dictionary