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Arrearages




Arrearages

A term used to describe the amount of money less the court order amount of support. if a spouse does not pay the full amount of support, the missing amount is considered the arrearages.

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Term
1) Construction. Word; expression speech. 2) Contracts. This word is used in the civil, law to denote the space of time granted to the debtor for discharging his obligation; there are express terms resulting from the positive stipulations of the agreement; as, where one undertakes to pay a certain sum on a certain day and also terms which tacitly result from the nature of the things which are the object of the engagement, or from the place where the act is agreed to be done. For instance, if a builder engage to construct a house for me, I must allow a reasonable time for fulfilling his engagement. 3) Estates. The limitation of an estate, as a term for years, for life, and the like. The word term does not merely signify the time specified in the lease, but the estate also and interest that passes by that lease; and therefore the term may expire during the continuance of the time, as by surrender, forfeiture and the like. 4) Practice. The space of time during which a court holds a session; sometimes the term is a monthly, at others it is a quarterly period, according to the constitution of the court.

Money
Gold, silver, and some other less precious metals, in the progress of civilization and commerce, have become the common standards of value; in order to avoid the delay and inconvenience of regulating their weight and quality whenever passed, the governments of the civilized world have caused them to be manufactured in certain portions, and marked with a Stamp which attests their value; this is called money.

Court
A body in government to which the administration of justice is delegated.

Order
An instruction rightfully given by someone superior in hyerarchy. Also, a social state of civil coexistance without widespread public violence.

Support
The right of support is an easement which one man, either by contract or prescription, enjoys, to rest the joists or timbers of his house upon the wall of an adjoining building, owned by another person.

Spouse
Husband or wife.

Arrearages
A term used to describe the amount of money less the court order amount of support. if a spouse does not pay the full amount of support, the missing amount is considered the arrearages.



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Arrearage
Money remaining unpaid after it becomes due as rent unpaid interest remaining due; a sum of money remaining in the hands of an accountant.

Arrears
A debt that is not paid on the due date adds up and accumulates as "arrears". For example, if you do not pay your rent, the debt still exists and is referred to as "arrears". The same word is used to describe child or spousal maintenance or support which is not paid by the due date.

Arrest
To stop; to seize; to deprive one of his liberty by virtue of legal authority.

Arrest of judgment
The act of a court by which the judges refuse to give judgment, because upon the face of the record, it appears that the plaintiff is not entitled to it.

Arrestandis bonis ne dissipentur
In the English law, a writ for him whose cattle or goods, being taken during a controversy, are likely, to be wasted and consumed.

Arrestee
Law of Scotland. He in whose hands a debt, or property in his possession, has been arrested by a regular arrestment.

Arrester
Law of Scotland. One who sues out and obtains an arrestment of his debtor's goods or movable obligations.

Arrestment
Scotch law. 1) By this term is sometimes meant the securing of a criminal's person till trial, or that of a debtor till he give security judicio sisti. 2) It is also the order of a judge, by which he who isdebtor in a movable obligation to the arrester's debtor, is probibited to make payment or delivery till the debt due to the arrester be paid or secured

Arret
French law. An arret is a judgment, sentence, or decree of, a court of competent jurisdiction. Saisie-arret is an attachment of property in the hands of a third person.

Arretted, arrectatus
Convened before a judge and charged with a crime.



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Arpentator
From arpent. A measurer or surveyor of land.

Arraignment
In USA criminal law, the formal appearance of an accused person to hear, and to receive a copy of, the charge against him or her, in the presence of a judge, and to then enter a plea of guilty or not guilty. The arraignment is the final preparatory step before the criminal trial.

Arras
Spanish law. The property contributed by the hushand, ad sustinenda onera matrimonii, is called arras. The hushand is under no obligation to give arras, but it is a donation purely voluntary. He is not permitted to give in arras more than a tenth of his property. The arras is the exclusive property of the wife, subject to the hushand's usufruct during his life.

Array
Practice. The whole body of jurors summoned to attend a court, as they are arrayed or arranged on the panel.

Arrearage
Money remaining unpaid after it becomes due as rent unpaid interest remaining due; a sum of money remaining in the hands of an accountant.

Arrearages

Arrears
A debt that is not paid on the due date adds up and accumulates as "arrears". For example, if you do not pay your rent, the debt still exists and is referred to as "arrears". The same word is used to describe child or spousal maintenance or support which is not paid by the due date.

Arrest
To stop; to seize; to deprive one of his liberty by virtue of legal authority.

Arrest of judgment
The act of a court by which the judges refuse to give judgment, because upon the face of the record, it appears that the plaintiff is not entitled to it.

Arrestandis bonis ne dissipentur
In the English law, a writ for him whose cattle or goods, being taken during a controversy, are likely, to be wasted and consumed.

Arrestee
Law of Scotland. He in whose hands a debt, or property in his possession, has been arrested by a regular arrestment.

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