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Antedate

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Antedate, to date a document before the day of its execution.

Means to affix with a date earlier than that true date e.g. antedate a check. To precede in time e.g. the doctrine antedates the Smith case by many years, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 91.

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