After the fact See Ex POST FACTO … [Read more...] about POST FACTO
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POST, WRIT OF ENTRY IN
In English law. An abolished writ given by statute of Marlbridge, 52 Hen. III. c. 30, which provided that when the number of alienations or descents exceeded the usual degrees, a new writ should be allowed, without any mention of degrees at all. … [Read more...] about POST, WRIT OF ENTRY IN
POST HAC
Latin meaning After this; after this time; hereafter. … [Read more...] about POST HAC
POST-ACT
An after-act; an act done afterwards. … [Read more...] about POST-ACT
POST HOC
Meaning literally after this; it is a portion of the Latin phrase post hoc, ergo propter hoc meaning after this, therefore because of this. This phrase is used to illustrate a failure of logic in assuming that something later happened as a result of a prior event, merely because the later event happened subsequent to the prior event. … [Read more...] about POST HOC