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without prejudice save as to costs

phrase

C2CEFR level
92/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

Describing a Calderbank offer whose contents remain privileged until the substantive issue is decided but may then be shown to the court on the question of costs.

This offer is made without prejudice save as to costs and may be referred to on the issue of costs at the conclusion of the trial.

Similar: Calderbank offer

Topic: Legal register & letters in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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