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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

We can; we can or may do. POST (Lat.) After. In Real-Estate Law. When two or more alienations or descents have taken place between an original intruder and the tenant or defendant in a writ of entry, the writ is said to be in the post, because it states that the tenant had not entry unless after the ouster of the original intruder.

3 Bl. Comm. 182.

In Military Law. A station where military duty is performed, or stores are kept, or something connected with military affairs is done.

94 U. S. 219.

In Latin Phrases. A preposition meaning "after."