Legal Definition and Related Resources of Forbearance

Refraining entitled to act.

A delay in enforcing rights; the act by which a creditor waits for the payment of a debt due him by the debtor after it has become due. It is sufficient consideration to support assumpsit, or a guarantee. 27 L. J. Ex. 120; 2 H. & N. 517; 82 Ch. D. 289; 56 L. J. Q. B. 518; 57 L. T. 554; contra 1 Ex. 74; 16 L. J. Ex. 237. A forbearance is a determination of the will, not to do some given external act. Or in not doing some given external act, and in not doing it in consequence of a determination of the will. Const. Jurisp. 1, 377.

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Forbearance in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of forbearance.

Grammar

This term is a noun.

Etimology of Forbearance

(You may find forbearance at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms).

1570s, originally legal, in reference to enforcement of debt obligations, from forbear (verb) + -ance. General sense of “a refraining from” is from 1590s.

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See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police Work
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• forbearance in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• forbearance in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

English Legal System: Forbearance

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Forbearance :

A deliberate failure to exercise a legal right (e.g. to sue for a debt). A forbearance to sue at a debtor’s request may be *consideration for some fresh promise by the debtor. A promise not to enforce a claim that is bad in law may still be consideration if the claim is believed to be valid. A requested forbearance, even if it is not binding, may have more limited effects either at common law or in equity (e.g. in certain circumstances it may not be revoked without reasonable notice).

Concept of Forbearance in the context of Real Property

A short definition of Forbearance: The waiting for payment of a debt by a creditor after the debt becomes due.

Concept of Forbearance in the context of Real Property

A short definition of Forbearance: The waiting for payment of a debt by a creditor after the debt becomes due.

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