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post-obit

[ pohst-oh-bit, -ob-it ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

post-obit

/ pəʊstˈəʊbɪt; -ˈɒbɪt /

Also calledpost-obit bond a bond given by a borrower, payable after the death of a specified person, esp one given to a moneylender by an expectant heir promising to repay when his interest falls into possession

First recorded in 1745–55, post-obit is from Latin post obitum “after death”

C18: from Latin post obitum after death

She mentioned also that you were entering into a post obit transaction.

That's what they call giving a post-obit; and a bad thing it is, as Pierce found.

I wonder how long an interval there was between the two; it would be a pretty calculation for a post-obit.

But what are called post obit testimonials really go beyond everything yet known in funeral panegyrics.

Rule I—Teaches to work an expected legacy or an estate in reversion, or a right of entail, with a "post-obit bond," cent.

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