(1) If a party to a civil action obtains a continuance, or files an amendment that causes a continuance, he shall pay the costs occasioned thereby.
(2) If an action is dismissed for want of jurisdiction, the party in error shall pay the costs.

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 453.070

  • Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.

(3) If a party obtains further time to plead or to amend his pleadings, he shall pay the costs occasioned thereby.
Effective: January 2, 1978
History: Amended 1976 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 469, effective January
2, 1978. — Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from
Ky. Stat. sec. 887.