Postea
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Afterwards.
The name of the entry of record of the proceedings and result of the trial of a cause, taken from the initial word of the entry of record in Latin, literally translated in the English form, " afterwards, that is to say, on," &o. In form, it is the return of the judge before whom the cause was tried, of the proceedings upon the trial, and is indorsed upon the nisi prius record, forming the ground for the judgment subsequently entered upon it. The postea ordinarily states the day of the trial, the judge or judges by name before whom the trial was had, the appearance of the parties by their respective attorneys, or their defaults, the summoning and choice of the jury, the verdict, the assessment of the damages, and the costs.