postea

English

Etymology

Latin, after these or those (things), afterward.

Noun

postea (plural posteas)

  1. (law) The return of the judge before whom a cause was tried, after a verdict, of what was done in the cause, which is endorsed on the nisi prius record.
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Latin

Etymology

From post (after) + ea (these things).

Adverb

posteā (not comparable)

  1. afterwards, hereafter, thereafter
  2. next, then

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