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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
prevention
n 1: the act of preventing; "there was no bar against leaving";
"money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of
influenza" [syn: prevention, bar]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Prevention \Pre*ven"tion\, n. [Cf. F. pr['e]vention.]
1. The act of going, or state of being, before. [Obs.]
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The greater the distance, the greater the
prevention. --Bacon.
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2. Anticipation; esp., anticipation of needs or wishes;
hence, precaution; forethought. [Obs.] --Hammond. Shak.
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3. The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action,
access, or approach; thwarting. --South.
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Casca, be sudden, for we fear prevention. --Shak.
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4. Prejudice; prepossession. [A Gallicism] --Dryden.
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3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) |
PREVENTION, civil and French law. The right of a judge to take cognizance of
an action over which he has concurrent jurisdiction with another judge.
2. In Pennsylvania it has been ruled that a justice of the peace cannot
take cognizance of a cause which has been previously decided by another
justice. 2 Dall. 77; Id. 114.
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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