Black's law dictionary. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A.. 1990.
at time cause of action accrues — Term is sometimes applied to present enforcible demand, but more often simply means to arise or come into existence. Stone v. Phillips, 142 Tex. 216, 176 S.W.2d 932, 933 … Black's law dictionary
accrual of cause of action — The event whereby a cause of action becomes complete so that the aggrieved party can begin and maintain his cause of action. A cause may accrue at the moment of the wrong, default, or delict by the defendant and the injury to the plaintiff,… … Ballentine's law dictionary
Cause — • Cause, as the correlative of effect, is understood as being that which in any way gives existence to, or contributes towards the existence of, any thing; which produces a result; to which the origin of any thing is to be ascribed Catholic… … Catholic encyclopedia
accrue — ac·crue /ə krü/ vb ac·crued, ac·cru·ing [Middle French accreue increase, addition to a property, from feminine of accreu, past participle of acreistre to increase] vi 1: to come into existence as an enforceable claim: vest as a right… … Law dictionary
accrue — /akruw/ Derived from the Latin, ad and creso, to grow to. In past tense, in sense of due and payable; vested. It means to increase; to augment; to come to by way of increase; to be added as an increase, profit, or damage. Acquired; falling due;… … Black's law dictionary
accrue — /akruw/ Derived from the Latin, ad and creso, to grow to. In past tense, in sense of due and payable; vested. It means to increase; to augment; to come to by way of increase; to be added as an increase, profit, or damage. Acquired; falling due;… … Black's law dictionary
date — I noun assigned time, day, day of the week, dies, marked time, moment, particular point of time, period, period of time, point of time, specified period of time, tempus, time, time during which anything occurs associated concepts: antedating,… … Law dictionary
Aboriginal title in the United States — A document commemorating a 1636 conveyance of land from Narragansett chief Canonicus to Roger Williams The United States was the first jurisdiction to acknowledge the common law doctrine of aboriginal title (also known as original Indian title or … Wikipedia
Statute of limitations — A statute of limitations is a statute in a common law legal system that sets forth the maximum period of time, after certain events, that legal proceedings based on those events may be initiated. In civil law systems, similar provisions are… … Wikipedia
Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… … Universalium
