Postpone — Law Dictionary

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

To put off; defer; delay; continue; adjourn; as when a hearing is postponed. Also to place after; to set below something else; as when an earlier lien is for some reason postponed to a later lien. The word "postponement," in speaking of legal proceedings, is nearly equivalent to "continuance ;" except that the former word is generally preferred when describing an adjournment of the cause to another day during the same term, and the latter when the case goes over to another term. See State v. Underwood, 76 Mo. 639; State v. Nathaniel, 52 La. Ann. 558, 26 South 1008.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

1. To put after, place one thing after another; to defer: as, to postpone a claim or lien. See Defer. 3. To put off to a later day; to adjourn; to continue, q. v.: as, to postpone a cause or hearing.'', POSTREMOGrENITUEE. See Pmmo-

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

To place after; to adjourn; to delay. Postponed: adjourned; delayed; set down for a later day. Postponement: an adjournment; a continuance. That a cause submitted on written arguments, upon suggestion of the court, to another judge, is not " postponed," see Eager v. Danforth, 8 How. Pr. 448. A stay of proceedings pending the execution of a commission to take testimony is not a postponement of the cause. Shuielt of the youngest bom; the correlative of primogeniture.