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prevention

Defined in 4 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Bouvier (1839)

United States Code

6 U.S.C. § 741 — in this part

The term “prevention” means any activity undertaken to avoid, prevent, or stop a threatened or actual act of terrorism.

42 U.S.C. § 290BB — in this section (6 versions over time)

In this section, the terms “early intervention”, “educational institution”, “institution of higher education”, “prevention”, “school”, and “youth” have the meanings given to those terms in section 290bb–36 of this title.

42 U.S.C. § 290BB — in this section

The term “prevention” means a strategy or approach that reduces the likelihood or risk of onset, or delays the onset, of adverse health problems that have been known to lead to suicide.

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Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

(Civil Law) The right of a judge to take cognizance of an action over which he has concurrent jurisdiction with another judge.—Bouvier Law Dictionary.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In the civil law. The right of a Judge to take cognizance of an action over which he has concurrent jurisdiction with another judge.

In canon law. The right which a superior person or officer has to lay hold of, claim, or transact an affair prior to an Inferior one, to whom otherwise it more immediately belongs. Wharton.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

French law, is the right of a judge to take cognizance of an action over which he has concurrent jurisdiction with another judge. In Pennsylvania it has -been ruled that a justice of the peace cannot take cognizance of a cause which has been previously decided by another justice. 2 Dall. 77; Ib. 114.