Rule 217 CC - Costs On Continuance (Or Settlement Of A Cause Of Action)(a) Except as noted in (b), when a continuance is granted upon application of a party or a case is settled, either within five (5) days of the date set for jury selection or after a jury has been impaneled, the Court may impose on the party making the application for continuance or on both parties, if the case- is settled, the reasonable costs actually incurred by the County in impaneling said jury.(b) in asbestos cases, when a continuance is granted upon application of a party or a case is settled alter 2:00 pm the day before jury selection, the Court may impose on the party making the application for continuance or on both parties, if the case is settled, the reasonable costs actually incurred by the County in impaneling said jury.(c) When a continuance has been granted or a case has been settled under the circumstances outlined above and costs imposed, the party upon whom such costs have been imposed may not, so long as such costs remain unpaid, take any further step in such or any other suit without prior leave of court.