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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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disregard			Contemporary liberalism habitually sees the average person as condemned to preterition, helplessly enthralled by his reactionary "middle class" ideology, and as embodying an insufferable scandal to his sanctified other. The Sacralization of Politics by Bertonneau, Thomas F. / Modern Age New England settlers, true believers in election and preterition, helped found a country where free will is given vast rein. In God's country: thanks be to the American Atheist by Cavanaugh, Tim / Reason 1-6), the play by preterition permits us not to forget what it pretends to suppress, attaching references to Don Pedro's anterior, martial self and to his status as an outsider, even as it would appear to labor to integrate him in the comic community and doings of Messina. Deforming sources: literary antecedents and their traces in Much Ado ... by Moisan, Thomas / Shakespeare Studies			presumed wrongdoer presumption presumption of innocence presumptive Presumptive heir presumptuous presumptuousness presupposal presuppose presupposed presupposition presurmise Pret a usage pretend pretend not to see pretend to be pretended pretense pretense of virtue pretension Pretention pretentious pretentious speech pretentious talk pretentiousness preterition pretermission pretermit Pretermitted Heir preternatural pretexed pretext pretexted pretiosus pretium Pretium affectionis Pretium succedit in locum rei Pretrial Conference pretrial discovery pretrial examination proceedings Pretrial Publicity pretty pretty good pretty well prevail prevail against prevail on prevail over prevail upon prevail with prevailing			Pretensious Pretensious Pretensity Pretensity pretensive Pretentative Pretention pretentious pretentious pretentious speech pretentious talk pretentiously pretentiously pretentiousness pretentiousness Preter- Preterhuman Preterient Preterimperfect Preterism Preterism (Christian eschatology) preterist preterit Preterit tense preterite Preterite tense Preteriteness preterites Preteritio preterition preteritions preteritions Preteritism Preteritive Preteritness Preterito Pasado preterits Preterlapsed Preterlegal preterm preterm preterm preterm Preterm Adequate for Gestational Age Preterm and Low Birth Weight preterm baby Preterm birth Preterm birth Preterm birth Preterm birth preterm contractions Preterm delivery Preterm delivery preterm infant preterm infant preterm infant preterm infant Preterm Infant Breastfeeding Behavior Scale preterm infant organization Preterm Labor

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