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
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POSTAGE
The fee charged by law for carrying letters, packets, and documents by the public malls. Postage stamp. A ticket issued by government, to be attached to mail-matter, and representing the postage or fee paid for the transmission of such matter through the public mails. … [Read more...] about POSTAGE
POSSESSORY INTEREST
A right to possess, occupy or otherwise use a parcel of real estate (as opposed to a right claiming title or ownership of real estate.) … [Read more...] about POSSESSORY INTEREST
POSSIBILITAS
Latin: Possibility; a possibility. Possibilitas post dissolutionem executionis nunquam reviviscatur, a possibility will never be revived after the dissolution of its execution. 1 Rolle, 321. Post executioncm status, lex non patitur possi-bilitatem, after the execution of an estate the law does not suffer a possibility. 3 Bulst. 108. … [Read more...] about POSSIBILITAS
POSITIVE EVIDENCE
Testimony that is personally witnessed, either seen or heard. … [Read more...] about POSITIVE EVIDENCE