Delay; postpone; Delay; continue; postpone; as if a hearing were postponed. Also to be placed after; put under something else; as if a previous privilege were carried over to a later privilege for whatever reason. The word «postponement» is almost synonymous with «prosecution» when it comes to court proceedings, except that the first word is generally preferred to describe a postponement of the case to another day during the same term, and the second word when the case moves to another term. See State v. Underwood, 70 MB. 630; State v. Nathaniel, 52 La. Ann. 558, 26 South. 1008.

n. Postponement of a date for a hearing, hearing or other appearance before the court to a later date specified by court order or pursuant to a provision (legal agreement) by counsel and approved by the court or (if local regulations permit) by the court clerk. In general, the courts disapprove too many actions and do not allow them unless there is a legitimate reason. Some states require payment of fees for suites to avoid delays. Latin postponere to be placed after, post- + ponere to be placed at more than position If you postpone something to a later date or a later date, it is a postponement. If a litigant does not have all the information she needs, she can ask the judge to postpone it until the following week. Supported by Black`s Law Dictionary, Free 2nd ed., and The Law Dictionary. An Indian English word that means «to move to an earlier time» A postponement can also be called a postponement or stay, and it means postponing something for later. You can request a postponement of your chemistry test, but there is no guarantee that you will get it. When a baseball or tennis game gets rainy, teams agree to postpone and start again as soon as possible. Deferr has a Latin root, postponere, «to fill, neglect or postpone.»