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Webster 1913 Edition


Post-obit bond

{

Post-o′bit

,
Noun.
, or

Post-o′bit bondˊ

}
.
[Pref.
post-
+
obit
.]
(Law)
A bond in which the obligor, in consideration of having received a certain sum of money, binds himself to pay a larger sum, on unusual interest, on the death of some specified individual from whom he has expectations.
Bouvier.