lodestar
noun
- 1
A star used as a navigation reference, particularly a pole star such as Polaris.
- 2
A guiding tenet or principle.
- 3
A calculated amount to award as attorney's fees derived by multiplying the reasonable number of hours spent working on a case by the reasonable hourly billing rate.
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