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DOUBLE COSTS practice. According to the English law, when double costs are
given by the statute, the term is not to be understood, according to its
literal import, twice the amount of single costs, but in such case the costs
are thus calculated. 1. the common costs; and, 2. Half of the common costs.
Bac. Ab. Costs, E; 2 Str. 1048. This is not the rule in New York, nor in
Pennsylvania. 2 Dunl. Pr. 731; 2 Rawle's R. 201.
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