In old conveyancing . A fine or sum of money, (otherwise called the “king’s silver”) formerly due on granting the licentia concordandi, or leave to agree, in levying a fine […]

To perform an act as rapidly as possible.

Funding acquired after loss. It can be expensive and uncertain. Refer to loss financing .

A stamp or mark put on letters received at the post-office for trans- mission through the mails.

When a firm is valued after a sale and when new shares are issued, it is called post money valuation. Generally taken by multiplying the total amount of outstanding shares […]

After death. A term generally applied to an autopsy or examination of a dead body, to ascertain the cause of death, or to the inquisition for that purpose by the […]

A species of bank- notes payable at a distant period, and not on de- mand. They are a species of obligation resorted to by banks when the exchanges of the […]

After marriage. Thus, an agreement entered into by a father after the marriage of his daughter, by which he engages to make a provision for her, would be termed a […]

a settlement of property or money made after a marriage to benefit wife and children.

A bureau or department of government, or under governmental superintendence, whose office is to receive, transmit, and deliver letters, papers, and other mail-matter sent by post. Also the office established […]

Sittings after term . See SITTINGS.

a term that is used for the motions that are made in court after a trial has ended.

In English law . An abolished writ given by statute of Marlbridge, 52 Hen. III. c. 30, which provided that when the number of alienations or descents exceeded the usual […]

The fee charged by law for carrying letters, packets, and documents by the public mails.

Belating to the mails; pertaining to the post-office .

The antonym of ante date, ‘post date’ is any date that lies in the future.

A check whose date lies within the near future. A post dated check can be cashed in on the future date.

A plan in which all of the premiums are given out at the beginning of the year, albeit in the form of post dated checks, which are handed to the […]

In the common-law practice, a formal statement, indorsed on the nisi prius record, which gives an account of the proceedings at the trial of the action. Smith, Act. 167.

In Vermont. Waters flowing through or lying upon inclosed or cultivated lands, which are preserved for the exclusive use of the owner or occupant by his posting notices (according to […]

The amount of chance of an occurring event, which generally changes with the happening of new events. The posterior probabilty is commonly applied in finance in order to predict the […]

Lat. This term was used by the Romans to denote the descendants in a direct line beyond the sixth degree.

This is a word of comparison and relation in tenure, the correlative of which is the word “priority.” Thus, a man who held lands or tenements of two lords was […]

All the descendants of a person in a direct line to the remotest gen POSTHUMOUS CHILD 920 POTENTIAL eration. Breckinridge v. Denny, 8 Bush (Ky.) 027.

One born after the death of its father; or, when the Cawa- reuu operation is performed, after that of the mother. Posthumus pro uato habetur. A posthumous child is considered […]