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Post obit

Post obit

[Lat. post obitum], after death.

Pōst'-ō'bit, n.

noun

n. [Lat. post, after, and obitus, death. See OBIT.]

  1. (Law.) A bond, in which the obligor, in consideration of having received a certain sum of money, binds himself to pay a larger sum, on unusual interest, on the death of some specified individual from whom he has expectations. Bouvier.
  2. (Med.) The same as POST-MORTEM.