Legal Term: TO ACCRUE

Definition: Literally to grow to, as the interest accrues on the principal. Accruing costs are those which become due and are created after judgment of an execution.

2. - To accrue means also to arise, to happen, to come to pass, as the statute of limitations does not commence running until the cause of action has accrued. 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 861, 2 Rawle, 277, 10 Watts, 363, Bac. Abr. Limitation of Actions, D 3.

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