See Also: altercation(dictionary)
altercation(dictionary)

postea (iou) and altercation (oh)


postea (iou)



postea noun. E17.
[Latin = afterwards (being the first word of the usual beginning of the record).]
Law (now Hist.). The part of the record of a civil process which sets out the proceedings at the trial and the verdict given.

altercation (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: French; Origin: Latin altercatio, from altercari 'to quarrel']
formal a short noisy argument
::They became involved in an altercation.