Any court may award costs on motions, petitions, or appeals filed in actions, suits, and other proceedings pending before it, for or against either party, in its discretion, and upon such terms and conditions as it may prescribe by general rule or special order.

History of Section.
C.P.A. 1905, § 449; G.L. 1909, ch. 295, § 9; G.L. 1923, ch. 345, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 536, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 9-22-9; P.L. 1972, ch. 169, § 8.