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Meaning of POST-OBIT

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Post-o"bit\, n., or Post-obit bond \Post-o"bit bond`\
. [Pref. post- + obit.] (Law)
A bond in which the obligor, in consideration of having
received a certain sum of money, binds himself to pay a
larger sum, on unusual interest, on the death of some
specified individual from whom he has expectations.
--Bouvier.
 
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