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PRECOGNITION

Legal Term: PRECOGNITION
Definition: Scotch law. The examination of witnesses who were present at the commission of a criminal act, upon the special circumstances attending it, in order to know whether there is ground for a trial, and to serve for direction to the prosecutor. But the persons examined may insist on having their declaration cancelled before thev give testimony at the trial. Ersk. Princ. B. 4, t. 4, n. 49.



***All definitions are taken from the 1856 Edition of Bouviers Law Dictionary

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