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A stamp or mark put on letters received at the post office for transmission through the malls. … [Read more...] about POST-MARK

In French law. A sum of money frequently paid, at the moment of entering Into a contract beyond the price agreed upon. It differs from arrha, in this: that it is no part of the price of the thing sold, and that the person who has received It cannot by returning double the amount or the other party by losing what he has paid, rescind the contract. … [Read more...] about POT-DE-VIN

An officer of the United States, appointed to take charge of a local post office and transact the business of receiving and forwarding the mails at that point and such other business as is committed to him under the postal laws. Postmaster general. The head of the post office department He is one of the presidents cabinet. … [Read more...] about POSTMASTER

A person who possesses great power or sway; a prince, sovereign, or monarch. By the naturalization law of the United States, an alien is required to renounce all allegiance to any foreign "prince, potentate, or sovereign whatever." … [Read more...] about POTENTATE

The chief officer of the post office department of the United States. Various duties are imposed upon this officer by the acts of congress of March 3, 1825, and July 2, 1836, which will be found under the articles Mail; Post Office and Postage. 2. The act of February 20, 1819, 3 Story's L. U. S. 1720, gives the postmaster general a salary of four thousand dollars per annum and … [Read more...] about POSTMASTER GENERAL