FORBEARANCE

The act of abstaining: from proceeding against a. delinquent deb to.r; delay in exacting the enforcement of a. right;. indulgence granted.to a. debtor. ReynoldJI v. Ward, 5 Wend. (N. Y.) 504; Diercks v. Kennedy, 16 N. J. Eq. 211; Dry Dock Bank v. American Life Ins., etc., Co., S N. Y. 354. Refraining from action. The term is used in this sense in general jurisprudence, in contradistinction to "act." [s. 514]