128; Moorefield v. State, 5 Lea (Tenn.) 348; Owen v. State, 31 Ala. 389, —O costs. <A verdict is said to carry costs when the party for whom the verdict is given becomes entitled to the payment of his costs as incident to such verdict.—Carry on business. To prosecute or pursue a particular avocation or form of business as a continuous and permanent occupation and substantial employment. A single act or business transaction is not sufficient, but the systematic and habitual repetition of the same act may be.