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Webster 1913 Edition


Postea


Post′e-a

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Noun.
[L., after these or those (things), afterward.]
(Law)
The return of the judge before whom a cause was tried, after a verdict, of what was done in the cause, which is indorsed on the nisi prius record.
Wharton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Postea

POSTEA

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Noun.
[L.] The record of what is done in a cause subsequent to the joining of issue and awarding of trial.

Definition 2024


postea

postea

See also: posteá

English

Noun

postea (plural posteas)

  1. (law) The return of the judge before whom a cause was tried, after a verdict, of what was done in the cause, which is endorsed on the nisi prius record.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Wharton to this entry?)

"...and upon coming in of the Postea there was a rule to shew cause why that nonsuit should not be set aside and a new trial granted." Arnold v Mundy, 1821 N.J. Lexis 2.


Latin

Etymology

From post + ea (these things).

Adverb

posteā (not comparable)

  1. afterwards, hereafter, thereafter
  2. next, then

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Spanish

Verb

postea

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of postear.
  2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of postear.
  3. Informal second-person singular () affirmative imperative form of postear.