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The word arrears means "end of period" when referring to annuities (an annuity is a series of equal amounts occurring at equal time intervals, such as £1,000 per month for 20 years). If the recurring amount comes at the end of each period, the annuity is described as an annuity in arrears or as an ordinary annuity.
Dearness Allowance (DA) is a cost-of-living adjustment, an increase made to the basic pay of government officials and public sector workers’ employees. Public sector unit employees are also government employees, but not civil servants.
A distraint in progress, depicted in an 1846 painting by Peter Schwingen. Distraint or distress is "the seizure of someone’s property in order to obtain payment of rent or other money owed", [1] especially in common law countries. [2]
It was in part the Arrears Act that politically reinvigorated the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), an organization consisting mostly of Union veterans. With the political assistance of the Republican Party, which opposed the Democratic Party on the issue of pensions, the GAR became much more active in the call for liberal pension legislation following passage of the Arrears Act.
Malicious compliance (also known as malicious obedience) is the behavior of strictly following the orders of a superior despite knowing that compliance with the orders will have an unintended or negative result. It usually implies following an order in such a way that ignores or otherwise undermines the order's intent, but follows it to the letter.
A gag order, or anonymity order, is sometimes issued by courts in the United Kingdom to protect privacy, prevent harm to suspects, prisoners, [40] witnesses, victims, or to protect national security. [41] In the Allan Chappelow murder case, the trial was held mostly in camera and media were prevented from speculating on the case. The order was ...
Debtors Anonymous (DA) is a twelve-step program for people who want to stop incurring unsecured debt.Collectively they attend more than 500 weekly meetings in fifteen countries, according to data released in 2011. [2]
Marketing orders are binding on all handlers of the commodity within the geographic area of regulation once it is approved by a required number of producers (usually two-thirds). [1] An order may limit the quantity of goods marketed, or establish the grade, size, maturity, quality, or prices of the goods.