POST LITEM MOTAM. After the commencement of the suit.
2. Declarations or acts of the parties made post litem motam, are
presumed to be made with reference to the suit then pending, and, for this
reason, are not evidence in favor of the persons making them; while those
made before an action has been commenced, in so me cases, as when a pedigree
is to be proved, may in some cases be considered as evidence. 4 Camp. 401.