Ante
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law · Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
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Before.
Ante eadiibitionem billae (before the exhibition of the bill): before the commencement of the suit. Ante litem motam: before suit brought. Ante occasum solis: before sunset. Ante omnia: before all else, first of all.