Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Swedish term or phrase:
förgäveskostnader
English translation:
fruitless costs; wasteful expenditure
Added to glossary by
liz askew
Feb 26, 2020 17:37
4 yrs ago
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Swedish term
förgäveskostnader
Swedish to English
Bus/Financial
Government / Politics
related to financial accounting and reports
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | fruitless costs |
liz askew
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| 3 | (fin.) wasteful expenditure; (legal) wasted /BrE/ costs /AmE/ expenditure |
Adrian MM.
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Change log
Mar 3, 2020 13:48: liz askew changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/89240">Charlesp's</a> old entry - "förgäveskostnader"" to ""fruitless costs; wasteful expenditure""
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fruitless costs
fruitless and wasteful expenditure | legal definition of fruitless ...www.lawinsider.com › Dictionary
Define fruitless and wasteful expenditure. means expenditure that was made in vain and would have been avoided had reasonable care been exercised;
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Accounts and Papers - Volume 6 - Page 5 - Google Books Resultbooks.google.co.uk › books
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords - 1839
This Statement must be compared with the Expenses incurred in New South ... without the Risk of a large and fruitless Cost , we may hope to attain the Two ...
Define fruitless and wasteful expenditure. means expenditure that was made in vain and would have been avoided had reasonable care been exercised;
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Accounts and Papers - Volume 6 - Page 5 - Google Books Resultbooks.google.co.uk › books
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords - 1839
This Statement must be compared with the Expenses incurred in New South ... without the Risk of a large and fruitless Cost , we may hope to attain the Two ...
Note from asker:
| Thanks Liz. Excellent! |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
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Adrian MM.
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Retd.T&I, Barrister & Austro-Advokat
Native in: English (Variants: Scottish, British) 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 5 more.
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(fin.) wasteful expenditure; (legal) wasted /BrE/ costs /AmE/ expenditure
Thanks to Deane G. for the expenditure.
I feel that at least a stab ought to be taken at the legal variation on the term and that can go a different way.
A 'wasted costs order' can made in the UK against the legal reps. of losing clients for wasting the judge's time, namely by a shoddily presented case and failing to cite relevant cases.
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A 'wasted costs order' actually comes up quite often as a disguised question of common (mal-)practis/ce in English & British Commonwealth Bar Finals.
I feel that at least a stab ought to be taken at the legal variation on the term and that can go a different way.
A 'wasted costs order' can made in the UK against the legal reps. of losing clients for wasting the judge's time, namely by a shoddily presented case and failing to cite relevant cases.
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Note added at 4 days (2020-03-02 10:20:12 GMT) Post-grading
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A 'wasted costs order' actually comes up quite often as a disguised question of common (mal-)practis/ce in English & British Commonwealth Bar Finals.
Example sentence:
Unhappy with the performance of the system, the Trust sought damages to recover its wasted expenditure incurred.
Note from asker:
| Excellent. (if harsh) |
| Adrian, I appreciate your very helpful contribution, and wish I could share the points here, as wasteful expenditure is actually more professional; however I gave the points to the answer with the most points (agrees). |
Reference comments
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History - Department of Child and Youth Studieswww.buv.su.se › english › about-us › history
26 Mar 2019 - Moreover, as is often the case, hundreds and hundreds of hours have been invested in so called förgäveskostnader (literally 'costs in vain'), ...
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Vainest - definition of vainest by The Free Dictionarywww.thefreedictionary.com › vainest
Not yielding the desired outcome; fruitless: a vain attempt. 2. Lacking substance or worth: vain talk. 3. Having or showing excessive pride in one's appearance or ...
26 Mar 2019 - Moreover, as is often the case, hundreds and hundreds of hours have been invested in so called förgäveskostnader (literally 'costs in vain'), ...
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Vainest - definition of vainest by The Free Dictionarywww.thefreedictionary.com › vainest
Not yielding the desired outcome; fruitless: a vain attempt. 2. Lacking substance or worth: vain talk. 3. Having or showing excessive pride in one's appearance or ...
Note from asker:
| Yea, I didn't like this "costs in vain" - hence my posting. |
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