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prior 1 : earlier in time or order 2 : taking precedence (as in importance) [a lien]

Prior

Prior, chief of a convent, next in dignity to an abbot.

Prior

Preceding in the order of time former antecedent anterior previous as a prior discovery prior obligation used elliptically in cases like the following he lived alone in the time prior to his marriage

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prior consistent statement

prior consistent statement : a witness's statement made out of court prior to testifying that is consistent with the witness's testimony compare prior inconsistent statement NOTE: A prior consistent statement may be offered as evidence to...

prior inconsistent statement

prior inconsistent statement : a witness's statement made out of court prior to testifying that is inconsistent with the witness's testimony and that may be offered to impeach the witness's credibility compare prior consistent statement NOTE:...

Leges posteriores priores contrarias abrogant

Leges posteriores priores contrarias abrogant, [Lat.], subsequent lasws repeal prior conflicting ones. See Madan Lal Gupta v. Ravinder Kumar, (2001) 1 SCC 252. --2 Rol. Rep. 410.--(Later laws abrogate prior contrary laws.) See REPEAL.

prior restraint

prior restraint : governmental prohibition on expression (esp. by publication) before the expression actually takes place see also Near v. Minnesota and New York Times Co. v. United States in the Important Cases section compare censorship,...

Prior or previous

Prior or previous, may be implied if the contextual situation or the object and design of the legislation demands it, Graphite India Ltd. v. Durgapur Projects Ltd., (1999) 7 SCC 645. The word 'prior' or 'previous'...

Qui prior est tempore potior est jure

Qui prior est tempore potior est jure. Co. Litt. 14 a, (He who is first in time is better in law.) Broom's Leg. Max. Equitable incumbrances rank as a rule according to their dates; the first...

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