post term, n. Law.
A partial rendering of L. phrase post terminum after the term, used advb., as adj., and as n. for The return of a writ after term, and the fee payable for its being then filed.
| 1607 Cowell Interpr., Post terme, is a returne of a writ, not onely after the day assigned..but after the terme also..: it may be also the fee which the Custos breuium taketh, for the returne thereof. 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 Cowell's Interpreter, Post terme, Post terminum. 1696 Phillips (ed. 5), Post Term, a Penalty taken by the Custos Brevium of the Common-pleas, for the filing any Writ by any Attorney after the usual Time. 1712 Arbuthnot John Bull iv. ii, To Esquire South, for post Terminums. 1848 Wharton Law Lex., Post terminum, (after the term). |