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preterition
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Preterition
(gcide) | Preterition \Pre`ter*i"tion\ (?; 277), n. [L. praeteritio: cf.
F. pr['e]t['e]rition.]
1. The act of passing, or going past; the state of being
past. --Bp. Hall.
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2. (Rhet.) A figure by which, in pretending to pass over
anything, a summary mention of it is made; as, "I will not
say, he is valiant, he is learned, he is just." Called
also paraleipsis.
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3. (Law) The omission by a testator of some one of his heirs
who is entitled to a portion. --Bouvier.
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preterition
(wn) | preterition
n 1: suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of
significance is omitted [syn: paralepsis, paraleipsis,
paralipsis, preterition] |
PRETERITION
(bouvier) | PRETERITION, civil law. The omission by a testator of some one of his heirs
who is entitled to a legitime, (q.v.) in the succession.
2. Among the Romans, the preterition of children when made by the
mother were presumed to have been made with design; the preterition of sons
by any other testator was considered as a wrong and avoided the will, except
the will of a soldier in service, which was not subject to so much form.
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preterition
(encz) | preterition,opomenutí n: Zdeněk Brož |
preterition
(wn) | preterition
n 1: suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of
significance is omitted [syn: paralepsis, paraleipsis,
paralipsis, preterition] |
PRETERITION
(bouvier) | PRETERITION, civil law. The omission by a testator of some one of his heirs
who is entitled to a legitime, (q.v.) in the succession.
2. Among the Romans, the preterition of children when made by the
mother were presumed to have been made with design; the preterition of sons
by any other testator was considered as a wrong and avoided the will, except
the will of a soldier in service, which was not subject to so much form.
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