Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

dives costs

n. Ordinary court costs granted to a successful party, as distinguished from limited costs (such as out-of-pocket costs) allowed to a successful pauper who sued or defended in forma pauperis. 0 The term derives from the name of Dives, the supposed name of the rich man in the parable of the rich man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31). Dives is a Latin word meaning "rich."