Inchoate; in process of maturing. That which will or may, at a future time, ripen into a vested right, an available demand, or an existing cause of action. Cochran v. Taylor, 13 Ohio St. 382. Accruing costs. Costs and expenses incurred after judgment Accruing interest. Running or accumulating interest, as distinguished from accrued or matured interest; interest daily … [Read more...] about ACCRUING
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ACCUSER
One who makes an accusation. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition The person by whom an accusation is made. … [Read more...] about ACCUSER
ACQUISITION
The act of becoming the owner of certain property; the act by which one acquires or procures the property in anything. Used also of the thing acquired. Original acquisition is where the title to the thing accrues through occupancy or accession, (q. v.,) or by the creative labor of the individual, as in the case of patents and copyrights. Derivative acquisition is where property … [Read more...] about ACQUISITION
ACT OF LAW
An event which occurs in consequence of some principle of law. If, for example, land out of which a rent charge has been granted, be recovered by an elder title, and thereby the rent charge becomes avoided; yet the grantee, shall have a writ of annuity, because the rent charge is made void by due course or act of law, it, being a actus legis nemini est damnosus. … [Read more...] about ACT OF LAW
ACCT.
An abbreviation for "account," of such universal and immemorial use that the courts will take judicial notice of its meaning. Heaton v. Ainley, 108 Iowa, 112, 78 N. W. 798. … [Read more...] about ACCT.