• (v. t.) To contract, engage, or stipulate previously. • (v. i.) To make a previous contract or agreement. • (n.) A contract preceding another • (n.) a contract of marriage which, according to the ancient law, rendered void a subsequent marriage solemnized in violation of it.
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Pre`con·tract' transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Precontracted ;
present participle & verbal noun Precontracting .] To contract, engage, or stipulate previously.
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Pre·con'tract noun A contract preceding another ; especially
(Law) , a contract of marriage which, according to the ancient law, rendered void a subsequent marriage solemnized in violation of it.
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a previous contract, esp. one which bars the making of another, as, formerly, a betrothal, which in the Tudor era was as binding as marriage.
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a preexisting contract that legally prevents a person from making another contract of the same nature. · (formerly) such an agreement constituting a legally binding betrothal.
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