Postea

Afterward. Whatever was done in a cause subsequently to joining issue and awarding trial was entered on the record, and called the postea. The substance is, that postea, afterward, the parties appeared by their attorneys at the trial, and a 1 United States v. Marselis, 2 Blatch. 110 (1849), Betts, J.; United States 11. Campbell, 16 F. R. 234(1883). ■' Constitution, Art. I, sec. 8, cl. 7. « Exp. Jackson, 96 U. S. 732 (1877), Field, J. < United States v. Bott, II Blatch. 346 (1873). " Railway Mail Service Cases, 13 Ct. Cl. 204 (1877),, Davis. J.; Blackham v. Gresham, 16 F. R. Oil (1883); 18 jury found a verdict,— stating it; or, that the plaintiff made default, or otherwise, as the case may be. This is added to the roll, which is then returned (from nisi prius) to the court from which it was sent. The history of the cause from the time it was carried out is thus continued in the postea.^

I. 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.

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.