Statute of Gloucester

Statute of Gloucester
An English statute (6 Edw I ch 5, 1278) providing a penalty for waste. For text of statute, see Am J2d Desk Book, Document 102. The statute 6 Edward I, ch. 1, which gave costs in all cases when the plaintiff recovered damages. The statute originated costs de incremento, that is, costs awarded by the court and added to the damages assessed by the jury. Day v Woodworth (US) 13 How 362, 14 L Ed 181.

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