A pecuniary allowance, made to the successful party, (and recoverable from the losing party,) for his expenses in prose-cutlng or defending a suit or a distinct pro-ceeding within a suit Apperson v. Insur-ance Co., 38 N. J. Law, 388; Stevens v. Bank, 168 N. I. 560, 61 N. E. 904; Bennett v. Kroth, 87 Kan. 235, 15 Pac. 221, 1 Am. St Rep. 248; Chase v. De wolf, 09 111. 49; Noyes v. State, 46 wis. 250, 1 N. W. 1, 32 Am. Rep. 710
