Incur
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
Men contract debis; they incur liabilities. In the one case, they act aflirmatively; in the other, the liability is incurred or cast upon them by act or operation of law. “Incur” means something beyond contracts, —something not embraced in the word “debts.”
15 How. Pr. 48; 5 Abb. Pr. 162,