post terminumn.adv.
/ˌpəʊs(t) ˈtəːmᵻnəm/, U.S. /ˌpoʊs(t) ˈtərmənəm/ Law. Now historical.
= post term n. Also as adv.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > [noun] > for legal process or document
lawc1410
sealing money1599
post term1607
primer finea1634
post terminum1650
hearing-fee1887
society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > writ > return of writ > after term
post term1607
post terminum1650
1650 Certain Proposals of Divers Attorneys 6 For the fyling of originall Writs no post Terminum be demanded or paid.
1658 Practick Part of Law 13 In case of not filing your..Writs, in or of the same Term they are returnable, they force you to pay when you file them.., for the Post Terminum of them, which is 20d. for every Writ.
1672 T. Manley Νομοθετης: Cowell's Interpreter sig. Eee1v Post terme, Post terminum.
1712 J. Arbuthnot Lewis Baboon iv. ii. 8 To Esquire South, for post Terminums.
1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon 535/2 Post terminum, (after the term).
1959 Earl Jowitt & C. Walsh Dict. Eng. Law II. 1372/1 Post terminum, the return of a writ, not merely after the day assigned..but after the end of the term on which that day fell. In that case the custos brevium received a fine of twenty pence, and the fine was also known as a post terminum.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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