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;''sine die'':A Latin phrase meaning "without a day." An application adjourned ''sine die'' has been adjourned without a specific date being set for the hearing, often in the expectation that it will never need to be set for hearing. See "adjournment" and "application." | ;''sine die'':A Latin phrase meaning "without a day." An application adjourned ''sine die'' has been adjourned without a specific date being set for the hearing, often in the expectation that it will never need to be set for hearing. See "adjournment" and "application." | ||
;special costs:Special costs, unlike the more commonly awarded ''party and party'' costs, are intended to resemble closely the reasonable fees charged by a lawyer. They are awarded by the court in exceptional circumstances to address reprehensible conduct of one party (or even a non-party) that has prejudiced a party. Reprehensible conduct is likely where there is evidence of improper motive, abuse of the court’s process, misleading the court, or persistent breaches of the rules of court or professional conduct that has prejudiced the party applying for special costs; | ;special costs:Special costs, unlike the more commonly awarded ''party and party'' costs, are intended to resemble closely the reasonable fees charged by a lawyer. They are awarded by the court in exceptional circumstances to address reprehensible conduct of one party (or even a non-party) that has prejudiced a party. Reprehensible conduct is likely where there is evidence of improper motive, abuse of the court’s process, misleading the court, or persistent breaches of the rules of court or professional conduct that has prejudiced the party applying for special costs; | ||
;split custody:A term used by the Child Support Guidelines to describe circumstances | ;split custody:A term used by the Child Support Guidelines to describe circumstances where there are at least two children, and each parent or guardian has at least one child living with them most of the time. This results in an amount of support that is different than the table amount. See "child support," "Child Support Guidelines," and "table amount." | ||
;spousal support:A payment made by one spouse, the payor, to the other spouse, the recipient, to help with their day-to-day living expenses or to compensate the recipient for the financial choices the spouses made during the relationship. | ;spousal support:A payment made by one spouse, the payor, to the other spouse, the recipient, to help with their day-to-day living expenses or to compensate the recipient for the financial choices the spouses made during the relationship. | ||
;Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines:An academic paper released by the Department of Justice that describes a variety of mathematical formulas that can be applied to determine how much spousal support should be paid and how long spousal support should be paid for, once a spouse is found to be entitled to receive support. The Advisory Guidelines is not a law, but is nonetheless very useful. | ;Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines:An academic paper released by the Department of Justice that describes a variety of mathematical formulas that can be applied to determine how much spousal support should be paid and how long spousal support should be paid for, once a spouse is found to be entitled to receive support. The Advisory Guidelines is not a law, but is nonetheless very useful. | ||
