Arrear - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: arrearTenant is in arrears of rent for not less than four months
Tenant is in arrears of rent for not less than four months, the expression 'the tenant is in arrears of rent for not less than four months' may suggest that the tenant is in arrears of rent for one or any number of months and that the arrears have fallen due four months back meaning thereby that within four months there was no attempt on the part of the tenant to pay up the arrears and cure the default, Har Charan Singh v. Shiv Rani, AIR 1981 SC 1284 (1291): (1981) 2 SCC 535....
Arrears
Arrears, the word 'arrears' in respect of tax has been used in the sense of dues or what has become due by way of tax and that does not depend on assessment proceedings or quantification of the amount, State of Madhya Pradesh v. Shyama Charan Shukla, (1972) 4 SCC 371 (374): (1972) 1 SCR 861. (States Reorganisation Act, 1956 s. 78)...
Riens in arrear
Riens in arrear, a plea which was used in an action for debt for arrearages of account, whereby the defendant alleged that there was nothing in arrear. See STATEMENT OF DEFENCE....
Waivers of the arrears of excise duty
Waivers of the arrears of excise duty, the expression 'waiver of the arrears of excise duty' can only mean waiver of something which has been paid and is payable, Union of India v. Alang Ship Breakers Ltd., AIR 1994 SC 51 (55): (1993) Supp (4) SCC 484....
arrear
arrear 1 a : the condition of being behind in one's duties or esp. financial obligations usually used in pl. [in s with the rent] b : the condition of being due at the end of a term rather than the beginning usually used in pl. [mortgage payments are made in s] 2 : an unpaid and overdue debt usually used in pl. [paying off the s of the previous owners] ...
Arrears of interest
Arrears of interest, means interest due up to the date of decree, I.C. Manick Chand v. Elias Saleh, AIR 1969 SC 671 (673). [Mysore Money Lenders Act, (13 of 1939), s. 17]...
Arrears of public revenue due on land
Arrears of public revenue due on land, mean the whole or any portion of any Kist or instalment of such revenue not paid on the day on which it falls due according to the Kistbandy or any engagement or usage, State of Kerala v. V.R. Kalliyanikutty, (1999) 3 SCC 657....
Arrears, or Arrearages
Arrears, or Arrearages, money unpaid at the due time: as rent behind; the remainder due after payment of a part of an account; money in the hands of an accounting party....
Distress
Distress [fr. distringo, Lat., to bind fast; districtio, Med. Lat., whence distraindre, Fr.], a taking, without legal process, of a personal chattel from the possession of a wrong-doer into the hands of a party grieved, as a pledge for the redressing an injury, the performance of a duty, or the satisfaction of a demand.This remedy may be resorted to by a landlord for recovery of rent in arrear, by a rate collector or tax collector for recovery of rates or taxes, and by justices of the peace for the recovery of fines due on summary convictions.A distress may be made of common right for the rent payable by a tenant to a landlord, technically termed 'rent-service,' and by particular reservation, or under s. 121 of the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, for rent-charges, and also for rents-seck since the (English) Landlord and Tenant Act, 1730 (4 Geo. 2, c. 28), s. 5, which extended the same remedy to rents-seck, rents of assize, and chief-rents, and thereby in effect abolished all mater...
arrearage
arrearage 1 : the condition of being in arrears 2 : something that is in arrears ;esp : something unpaid and overdue : arrear often used in pl. [the Virginia court reduced the s to a final judgment "National Law Journal"] ...
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