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potentate (poh-t<<schwa>>n-tayt). A ruler who possesses great power or sway; a monarch. [Blacks Law 8th]

postulatio actionis (pos-ch<<schwa>>-lay-shee-oh ak-shee-oh-nis). [Latin] Roman law. A request to a magistrate having jurisdiction for permission to bring an action. [Blacks Law 8th]

postulatio (pos-ch<<schwa>>-lay-shee-oh). [Latin] Hist. Eccles. law. A petition requesting the naming or transfer of a bishop. [Blacks Law 8th]

postulate,vb. Eccles. law. To name someone to an ecclesiastical position, subject to approval by a higher authority. [Blacks Law 8th]

posttrial proceeding.See PROCEEDING. [Blacks Law 8th]

posttrial motion.See MOTION(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

posttrial discovery.See postjudgment discovery under DISCOVERY. [Blacks Law 8th]

post terminum (pohst t<<schwa>>r-m<<schwa>>-n<<schwa>>m). [Law Latin] After term, as a writ returned after the ending of a judicial term. [Blacks Law 8th]

post-terminal sitting. A court session held after the normal term. [Blacks Law 8th]

post tantum temporis (pohst tan-t<<schwa>>m tem-p<<schwa>>-ris). [Latin] Hist. After so long a time. [Blacks Law 8th]