PRIVATE-ATTORNEY-GENERAL DOCTRINE
PRIVATE-ATTORNEY-GENERAL DOCTRINE private-attorney-general doctrine. The equitable principle that allows the recovery of attorney’s fees to a party who brings a lawsuit that benefits a significant number of people, requires private enforcement, and is important to society as a whole. [Cases: Costs 194.42; Federal Civil Procedure 2737. 2. C.J.S. Costs ¡ì 130.] How many ways are …