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muriel_volestrangler

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2. I wouldn't call having to pay the other side's costs a "fine", just a consequence

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Jun 14, 2023, 02:47 AM

Jun 2023

A "fine" would be a payment into the court system (the costs of the courts itself - salaries, the physical building running costs, the delay of proper cases etc. don't seem to be covered in this, let alone anything punitive).

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Thanks Randy.... democratsruletheday Jun 2023 #1

I wouldn't call having to pay the other side's costs a "fine", just a consequence muriel_volestrangler Jun 2023 #2