Legal Dictionary
Main Entry:
ac·cruePronunciation:
&-'krüFunction:
verbInflected Forms:
ac·crued;
ac·cru·ingEtymology: Middle French
accreue increase, addition to a property, from feminine of
accreu, past participle of
acreistre to increase
intransitive verb
1 : to come into existence as an enforceable claim
: vest as a right
accrue until the plaintiff knew or reasonably should have known that he may have suffered injury —National Law Journal>
NOTE: Statutes of limitations begin to run when a cause of action accrues.
2 : to come by way of increase or addition : arise as a growth or result —usually used with to or from accruing to society from the freedom of the press> accrues to the seller as a result of the delay>
3 : to be periodically accumulated in the process of time whether as an increase or a decrease accruing of taxes> accrue> transitive verb 1 : to accumulate or have due after a period of time accrue leave…in the maximum amount of 120 days —U.S. Code>
2 : to enter in the books as an accrual