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prejudication|priːdʒuːdɪˈkeɪʃən|
[n. of action from L. præjūdicāre: see prejudicate v.]
1. The action of ‘prejudicating’; a judging beforehand; a previously formed decision or opinion.
1616Bullokar Eng. Expos., Preiudication, a iudging before hand. 1617R. Fenton Treat. Ch. Rome To Rdr., Come not therefore with prejudication, either of the matter or the person. 1764Lyttelton Hen. II (1769) I. 209 A solemn determination, which assigned the precedence to the nephew of the king above his natural son was a prejudication of the right of succession in favor of the former. 1849J. P. Kennedy W. Wirt (1860) II. xvi. 273 They have come to the examination of this case under a strong prejudication of the guilt of the respondent.
2. An occasional rendering of L. præjūdicium: see quot., and cf. pre-judicial a.2
1864Webster, Prejudication..(Roman Law), a preliminary inquiry and determination about something which belongs to a matter in dispute. |