Word Meanings - PRECOGNITION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A preliminary examination of a criminal case with reference to a prosecution. Erskine. (more info) 1. Previous cognition. Fotherby.

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• PREVIOUSNESS
  The quality or state of being previous; priority or antecedence in time.
• CRIMINALITY
  The quality or state of being criminal; that which constitutes a crime; guiltiness; guilt. This is by no means the only criterion of criminality. Blackstone.
• CRIMINAL
  1. Guilty of crime or sin. The neglect of any of the relative duties renders us criminal in the sight of God. Rogers. 2. Involving a crime; of the nature of a crime; -- said of an act or of conduct; as, criminal carelessness. Foppish and fantastic
• PRELIMINARY
  Introductory; previous; preceding the main discourse or business; prefatory; as, preliminary observations to a discourse or book; preliminary articles to a treaty; preliminary measures; preliminary examinations. Syn. -- Introductory; preparatory;
• CRIMINALNESS
  Criminality.
• PREVIOUSLY
  Beforehand; antecedently; as, a plan previously formed.
• EXAMINATION
  1. The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by study or experiment. 2. A process prescribed or assigned for testing qualification; as, the examination of a student, or of a candidate
• COGNITION
  become acquainted with, to know; co- + noscere, gnoscere, to get a 1. The act of knowing; knowledge; perception. I will not be myself nor have cognation Of what I feel: I am all patience. Shak. 2. That which is known.
• CRIMINALLY
  In violation of law; wickedly.
• REFERENCE
  The process of sending any matter, for inquiry in a cause, to a master or other officer, in order that he may ascertain facts and report to the court. 6. Appeal. "Make your full reference." Shak. Reference Bible, a Bible in which brief
• PROSECUTION
  1. The act or process of prosecuting, or of endeavoring to gain or accomplish something; pursuit by efforts of body or mind; as, the prosecution of a scheme, plan, design, or undertaking; the prosecution of war. Keeping a sharp eye on her domestics
• CRIMINALIST
  One versed in criminal law.
• PREVIOUS
  Going before in time; being or happening before something else; antecedent; prior; as, previous arrangements; a previous illness. The dull sound . . . previous to the storm, Rolls o'er the muttering earth. Thomson. Previous question. See under
• PREEXAMINATION
  Previous examination.
• IRRECOGNITION
  A failure to recognize; absence of recognition. Lamb.
• PRECOGNITION
  A preliminary examination of a criminal case with reference to a prosecution. Erskine. (more info) 1. Previous cognition. Fotherby.
• DISCRIMINAL
  In palmistry, applied to the line which marks the separation between the hand and the arm.
• RECOGNITION
  The act of recognizing, or the state of being recognized; acknowledgment; formal avowal; knowledge confessed or avowed; notice. The lives of such saints had, at the time of their yearly memorials, solemn recognition in the church of God. Hooker.
• REEXAMINATION
  A repeated examination. See under Examination.
• CROSS-EXAMINATION
  The interrogating or questioning of a witness by the party against whom he has been called and examined. See Examination.