Taxation

Taxation of Costs. There are certain officers of the various Courts of Justice appointed for the taxation of costs; thus in the High Court the Masters fill that office, in the County Courts the Registrars. When a master or registrar has taxed the costs, and has deducted what he has thought proper to disallow from the gross amount, he marks down the remaining sum which is to be allowed, and this document is thence called the master's allocatur. There are two ways of taxing costs: (1) As between solicitor and client, which is the more liberal; (2) As between party and party, which is the less liberal scale. At any time before the taxing master's certificate is signed any party dissatisfied thereunto may apply to the master to review the taxation, and may also appeal to the judge from such review. [SOLICITOR.]