Preventative - Law Dictionary Search Results

Prevent

Prevent, according to the new Shorter Oxford English Dictionary 'prevent' means to act before, in anticipation of, or in

Tending to prevent

In a preventive manner

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Prevention [fr. pr'venio, Lat.], the right which a superior person or officer has to lay hold of, claim, or

Capable of being prevented or hindered as preventable diseases

The quality or state of being preventable

So as to prevent or hinder

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To go before to precede hence to go before as a guide to direct

One who goes before one who forestalls or anticipates another

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