Latin: Of positive law. "That was a rule positivi juris; I do not mean to say an unjust one." Lord Ellen-borough, 12 East, 639. Posito nno oppositomm, negatur alteram. One of two opposite positions being affirmed, the other is denied. 3 Rolle, 422. … [Read more...] about POSTIVI JURIS
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POSTPONE
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 post potted 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 … [Read more...] about POSTPONE
POSTJUDGMENT INTEREST
The interest that a creditor may collect from a debtor after a judgment is rendered in court up to the date it is actually paid by the debtor. … [Read more...] about POSTJUDGMENT INTEREST
POSTREMO-GENITURE
Borough-English, (q.v.) … [Read more...] about POSTREMO-GENITURE
POSTLIMINIUM
Latin: In the civil law. A doctrine or fiction of the law by which the restoration of a person to any status or right formerly possessed by him was considered as relating back to the time of his original loss or deprivation; particularly in the case of one who, having been taken prisoner in war, and having escaped and returned to Rome, was regarded, by the aid of this fiction, … [Read more...] about POSTLIMINIUM