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POSTDATED CHECK

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A check whose payment date is made in the future so as to prevent it from being cashed until the date on the check arrives. … [Read more...] about POSTDATED CHECK

POST NOTES

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A species of bank notes payable at a distant period, and not on demand. 2 Watts & Serg. 468. A kind of bank notes intended to be transmitted at a distance by post. … [Read more...] about POST NOTES

POSTEA

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practice. Afterwards. The endorsement on the nisi prius record purporting to be the return of the judge before whom a cause is tried, of, what has been done in respect of such record. It states the day of trial, before what judge, by name, the cause is tried, and also who is or was an associate of such judge; it also states the appearance of the parties by their respective … [Read more...] about POSTEA

POST NUPTIAL

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Something which takes place after marriage; as a post nuptial settlement, which is a conveyance made generally by the husband for the benefit of the wife. 2. A post nuptial settlement is either with or without consideration. The former is valid even against creditors, when in other respects it in untainted with fraud. The latter, or when made without consideration, if bona … [Read more...] about POST NUPTIAL

POSTED WATERS

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In Vermont Waters flowing through or lying upon Inclosed or cultivated lands, which are preserved for the exclusive use of the owner or occupant by his posting notices (according to the statute) prohibiting all persons from shooting, trapping, or fishing thereon, under a prescribed penalty. See State v. Theriault, 70 Vt. 617, 41 Atl. 1030, 43 L. R. A. 290, 67 Am. St. Rep. 695. … [Read more...] about POSTED WATERS

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