DEBITUM IN PRAESENTI, SOLVENDUM IN FUTURO - Legal Dictionary

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DEBITUM IN PRAESENTI, SOLVENDUM IN FUTURO		. A debt due at present, to be paid in future. There is a difference between debt payable now and one payable at a future time. On the former an action may be brought, on the latter no action lies until it becomes due. See Due; Owing; and 13 Pet. 494; 11 Mass. 493.
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