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Preamble

Practice, Erskine May, 22nd Edn., 1977, p. 462. Preamble, introduction, preface; also the beginning of an Act of Parliament, etc., serving

Proem

Preface introduction preliminary observations prelude

Lex fori

v. Drummond, (1830) 10 B&C 903; 34 RR 595, and Preface vi.; and Hansen v. Dixon, (1907) 96 LT 32. Consult

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In medias res

In medias res, into the heart of the subject, without preface or introduction

Contingent remainder

Charles Butler, and afterwards by Josiash Smith, who in his preface to the 10th and last edition, published in 1844, spoke

Blasphemy

Blasphemy [fr. bl'ptw, Gk., to hurt, and fhmh, reputation; blasfhmw', to speak impiously; blasphemo, Lat., to revile, Wedgw.], an offence...

Prologue

To introduce with a formal preface or prologue

Prefatory

Pertaining to or of the nature of a preface introductory to a book essay or discourse as prefatory remarks

Forespeaking

A prediction also a preface

Prefatorily

In a prefatory manner by way of preface

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