Security for cost.

Security for costs refers the sum payable by a plaintiff to a civil action as a condition of being permitted to continue with the action. Security for costs are ordered at the discretion of the court. They are not always ordered against the defendant. Security for costs may be ordered in the following circumstances: 

1. When the Plaintiff is ordinarily resident out of the area of jurisdiction of Court. 

2. When the Plaintiff is suing on behalf of someone who will be unable to pay the defendant costs of the suit if ordered; 

3.When the Plaintiff address is dishonestly not stated or incorrectly stated on the writ or originating process; and 

4. Where the Plaintiff has changed his address during the course of proceedings in order to erode the consequences of litigation.