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delinquency definition - legal

n

  1. A failure, by act or omission, to perform a legal or contractual obligation.
  2. an unpaid amount due. 

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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