- substantially prevailing party
- The party entitled to costs on appeal where the judgment of the lower court is affirmed in part and reversed in part. 5 Am J2d A & E § 1014.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
substantially prevailing party
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