postlude

[Lat. post =after, and lud us =a play.] Music: A concluding voluntary; an afterpiece. "A Christmas Postlude ."- Athenœum , Sept. 9, 1882. post-man (1), s. [Eng. post (1), s., and man .] English Law : One of the two most experienced barristers in the Exchequer division of the High Court of Justice, who have precedence in motions. So called from the place where he sits; the other is called the tubman (q. v.).