Delinquent

In civil law. He who has been guilty of some crime, offense, or failure of duty. cident to febrile diseases, and sometimes to the last stages of chronic diseases. DELIRIUM TREMENS (called, also, mania-a-potu).

In medical jurisprudence. A form of mental disorder incident to habits of intemperate drinking, which generally appears as a sequel to a few days' abstinence from stimulating drink.

One who has committed an offense.

adj. As applied to a debt or claim, it means simply due and unpaid at the time appointed by law or fixed by contract ; as, a delinquent tax. Chauncey v. Wass, 35 Minn. 1, 30 N. W. 826; Gallup v. Schmidt, 154 Ind. 196, 56 N. E. 450. As applied to a person, it commonly means that he is grossly negligent or in willful defanit in regard to his pecuniary obligations or even that he is dishonest and unworthy of credit Boyce v. Ewart, Rice (S. C.) 140; Ferguson v. Pittsburgh, 159 Pa. 435, 28 Atl. 118; Grocers' Ass'n v. Exton. 18 Ohio Cir. Ct R. 321.

n. In the civli law. He who has bcen guilty of seme crime, offense or failure of duty.