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Defined in 4 dictionaries — Case Law, Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889)
Definitions from Case Law
From 196 U.S. 64 - Lee v. Robinson · 1904Most cited · 10 citing opinions
the date of the Constitution or to the date of issuing the guaranty, the guaranty of 1868 is not and does not purport to be made for the redemption of a previous evidence of debt.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
An adverb of time, used in comparing an act or state named, with another act or state, subsequent in order of time, for the purpose of asserting the priority of the first Lebrecht v. Wilcoxon, 40 la. 94.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
Compares an act or state named, to another act or state, subsequent in the order of time, for the purpose of asserting the priority of the first.5 Compare Pre- Existing; Prior.