post-obit

noun

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.

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Meanings

nounpost-obit (plural post-obits)

plural post-obits

  1. lawA 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.

    […] he had raised money on post-obits, and encumbered the family estate […]

    1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC
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    They were following pretty rapidly, upon the same terms, post obits, payable upon the death of Mrs. Wharton

    1827, Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery

Origin

From post- + obit.

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Chicago

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