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maritime law. When a merchant makes an entry on the importation of, goods, and at the time he is not able to calculate exactly the duties which he is liable to pay, gave rise to the practice of allowing entries to be made after the goods have been weighed, measured or gauged, to make up the deficiency of the original or prime entry; the entry thus allowed to be made is called a … [Read more...] about POST ENTRY

After term, or post-term. The return of a writ not only after the day assigned for its return, but after the term also, for which a fee was due. Cowell. … [Read more...] about POST TERMINUM

One who possesses; one who has possession. Possessor bona fide. He is a bona fide .possessor who possesses as owner by virtue of an act sufficient in terms to transfer property, the defects of which he was ignorant of. He ceases to be a bona fide possessor from the moment these defects are made known to him, or are declared to him by a suit instituted for the recovery of the … [Read more...] about POSSESSOR

Relating to possession; founded On possession; contemplating or claiming possession. Possessory action. See next title. Possessory claim. The title of a pre-emptor of public lands who has filed his declaratory statement but has not 'paid for the land. Enoch v. Pofcaue Falls & N. Ry. Co., 6 Wash. 393, 33 ac. 966. Possessory judgment. In Scotch practice. A judgment which … [Read more...] about POSSESSORY

An action which has for its Immediate object to obtain or recover the actual possession of the subject matter ; as distinguished from an action which merely seeks to vindicate the plaintiffs title, or which involves the bare right only; the latter being called a "petitory" action. An action founded pn possession. Trespass for injuries to personal property ia called a … [Read more...] about POSSESSORY ACTION