The race that proceeds from a progenitor; offspring to the furthest generation; the aggregate number of persons who are descended from an ancestor of a generation; descendants; -- contrasted with ancestry; as, the posterity of Abraham.

all of the offspring of a given progenitor; "we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity"

Descendants; those who come after.

An appellate court which reverses the judgment of a popular author's contemporaries, the appellant being his obscure competitor.

Succeeding generations; future times.

all future generations