Owing
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Something unpaid. A debt, for example, is owing while it is unpaid, and whether it be due or not.
In a business sense, in correspondence or contracts, a legal obligation is implied. In ordinary transactions between debtor and creditor it does not necessarily imply an enforceable obligation. 155 Mich. 567.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Something unpaid. A debt, for example, is owing while it is unpaid, and whether it be due or not. See Succession of Guidry, 40 La. Ann. 071, 4 South. 803. In allidavits to bold to bail it is usual to state that the debt on which the action is founded is due, owing, and unpaid; 1 Fa. L. J. 210. 0WLING. The offence of transporting wool or sheep out of the kingdom. The name is said to owe its origin to the fact that this offence was carried on in the night, when the owl was abroad.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Something unpaid. <A debt, for example, is owing while it is unpaid, and whether it be due or not.