due
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 31 U.S. 29 - The United States v. The State Bank of North Carolina · 1832Most cited · 316 citing opinions
It is sometimes used to express the mere state of indebtment, and then is an equivalent to owed, or owing. And it is sometimes used to express the fact that the debt has become payable.
How often courts cite the case defining “due”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “due” — 316 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.