POSTING

posting. 1.Accounting. The act of transferring an original entry to a ledger. 2. The act of mailing a letter. 3. A method of substituted service of process by displaying the process in a prominent place (such as the courthouse door) when other forms of service have failed. See SERVICE(1). [Cases: Process 81. C.J.S. Process § 55.] 4. A publication method, as by displaying municipal ordinances in designated localities. [Cases: Municipal Corporations 110. C.J.S. Municipal Corporations §§ 277–280, 282–284.] 5. The act of providing legal notice, as by affixing notices of judicial sales at or on the courthouse door. 6. The procedure for processing a check, including one or more of the following steps: (1) verifying any signature, (2) ascertaining that sufficient funds are available, (3) affixing a “paid” or other stamp, (4) entering a charge or entry to a customer’s account, and (5) correcting or reversing an entry or erroneous action concerning the check. [Cases: Banks and Banking 137; Judicial Sales 11. C.J.S. Banks and Banking §§ 328, 330; Judicial Sales §§ 9–10.]

[Blacks Law 8th]