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Meaning of Postea

(Lat. afterwards). In practice. The indorsement, on the nisi prius record purporting to be the return of the judge before whom a cause is tried, of what has been done in respect of such record. It states the day of trial, before what judge, by name, the cause is tried, and also who is or was an associate of such judge. It also states the appearance of the parties by their respective attorneys, or their defaults, and the summoning and choice of the jury, whether those who were originally summoned, or those who were tales, or taken from the standers-by. It then states the finding of the jury upon oath, and the assessment of the damages, with the occasion thereof, together with the costs.

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Concept of “Postea”

Traditional meaning of postea in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) Afterwards. The entry on the record of the proceedings at the trial of an action, stating what happened after the issue joined, at which the nisi prius record ends; see 3rd Book (“Of Private Wrongs”), Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England 386.

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Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Postea”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.

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