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posteriority (encz) | posteriority, n: |
Posteriority (gcide) | Posteriority \Pos*te`ri*or"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F.
post['e]riorit['e].]
The state of being later or subsequent; as, posteriority of
time, or of an event; -- opposed to priority.
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posteriority (wn) | posteriority
n 1: the quality of being toward the back or toward the rear end
[ant: anteriority]
2: following in time [syn: posteriority, subsequentness,
subsequence] [ant: antecedence, antecedency,
anteriority, precedence, precedency, priority] |
POSTERIORITY (bouvier) | POSTERIORITY, rights. Being or, coming after. It is a word of comparison,
the correlative of which is priority; as, when a man holds lands from two
landlords, he holds from his ancient landlord by priority and from the other
by posteriority. 2 Inst. 392.
2. These terms, priority and posteriority, are also used in cases of
liens the first are prior liens, and are to be paid in the first place; the
last are posterior liens, and are not entitled to payment until the former
have been satisfied.
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Posteriority (gcide) | Posteriority \Pos*te`ri*or"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F.
post['e]riorit['e].]
The state of being later or subsequent; as, posteriority of
time, or of an event; -- opposed to priority.
[1913 Webster] |
POSTERIORITY (bouvier) | POSTERIORITY, rights. Being or, coming after. It is a word of comparison,
the correlative of which is priority; as, when a man holds lands from two
landlords, he holds from his ancient landlord by priority and from the other
by posteriority. 2 Inst. 392.
2. These terms, priority and posteriority, are also used in cases of
liens the first are prior liens, and are to be paid in the first place; the
last are posterior liens, and are not entitled to payment until the former
have been satisfied.
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