Arrear

8 Back, remaining back: unpaid, though due. Arrears. Money unpaid after it is due; as, of interest, dividends, rent, taxes, wages, pensions, alimony, dower. " In arrear" — overdue and unpaid. ^ 1 4 Bl. Com..32a-24. See 1 Steph. Hist. C. L. Eng. 297., » United States v. Curtis, 4 Mas. 236 (1820), Story, J. 3 United States v. Gilbert, 2 Sumn. 69 (1834), Stoiy, J.; State V. Weber, 23 Mo. 3S5-27 (1865). * Goodwin v. State, 16 Ohio St. 346 (1863), Day, J. » Fitzpatrick v. People, 98 111. 260 (1881), Sheldon, J. See also Lynch v. Commonwealth, 88 Pa. 193 (1878); Ray V. People, 6 Col. 231 (1882). • F. arrai, preparation, order. '3 Bl. Com. 369; 4tU352. 8 Old Eng. arere, rare, in the rear: F. rtej-e; L. retio, Said of money unpaid at the time it is due, that is, past due.i "Arrear" impliesthat no part has been paid; "arrears" and "arrearage," that some part has been paid." See Eies.