Money remaining unpaid after it becomes due as rent unpaid interest remaining due; a sum of money remaining in the hands of an accountant. Also may revert to overdue alimony or child support payments, all of which are usually not able to be discharged in bankruptcy or retroactively canceled by the court. … [Read more...]

In old English law. An arrest, (g. v.) … [Read more...]

The armed forces of a nation intended for military service on land. "The term 'army' or 'armies' has never been used by congress, so far as I am advised, so as to include the navy or marines, and there is nothing in the act of 1862, or the circumstances which led to its passage, to warrant the conclusion that it was used therein in any other than its long established and … [Read more...]

See arrearage. … [Read more...]

Law of Scotland. He in whose hands a debt, or property in his possession, has been arrested by a regular arrestment. If, in contempt of the arrestment, he shall make payment of the sum, or deliver the goods arrested to the common debtor, he is not only liable criminally for breach of the arrestment, but he must pay the debt again to the arrester. … [Read more...]