Payment of costs on postponement; costs and attorney's fees on mistrial

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NV Code › Title 2 › Chapter 18 › Section 18.070

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1. When an application is made to a court or master to postpone a trial, the payment of costs, occasioned by the postponement may be imposed, in the discretion of the court or master, as a condition of granting the postponement.

2. A court may impose costs and reasonable attorney's fees against a party or an attorney who, in the judgment of the court, purposely caused a mistrial to occur.

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Payment of costs on postponement; costs and attorney's fees on mistrial · Nev. Rev. Stat. § 18.070 | Frix