precontestn.

Brit.

/priːˈkɒntɛst/, U.S.

/priˈkɑnˌtɛst/

Forms: 1500s preconteste, 1500s–1600s precontest.

Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: pre- prefix, contest n.¹; Latin precontestis.

Etymology: Either < pre- prefix + contest n.¹, after post-classical Latin precontestis, or independently < post-classical Latin precontestis previous fellow witness (1443, 1510 in British sources; also precontestus , 1548 in the passage translated in quot. 1996).

Now historical.

A former or previous fellow witness.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > [noun] > a witness > a joint witness > former

precontestc1570

c1570 in J. Raine Depositions Courts Durham (1845) 272 One John Lawson was burying in the barn with the said Agnes brother, her precontest.

1594 Depos. Bk. Well's Dioc. Reg. lf. 1 b Presente then and ther,..this Jurate, and Thomas Jeanes his preconteste.

1641 J. Etherington Def. Iohn Etherington 25 Etherington hath..held and published, in this deponents and his precontest Thomsons presence, that the Church of England as it is here by Law established, is no true Church of Christ.

1996 P. Hyde tr. Cons. Ct. Cant. Deposition Reg. in Thomas Arden of Faversham 128 To the eighteenth he agrees with his precontest Thomas Bargar.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	precontest
释义	precontestn. Brit. /priːˈkɒntɛst/, U.S. /priˈkɑnˌtɛst/ Forms: 1500s preconteste, 1500s–1600s precontest. Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: pre- prefix, contest n.¹; Latin precontestis. Etymology: Either < pre- prefix + contest n.¹, after post-classical Latin precontestis, or independently < post-classical Latin precontestis previous fellow witness (1443, 1510 in British sources; also precontestus , 1548 in the passage translated in quot. 1996). Now historical. A former or previous fellow witness. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > evidence > [noun] > a witness > a joint witness > former precontestc1570 c1570 in J. Raine Depositions Courts Durham (1845) 272 One John Lawson was burying in the barn with the said Agnes brother, her precontest. 1594 Depos. Bk. Well's Dioc. Reg. lf. 1 b Presente then and ther,..this Jurate, and Thomas Jeanes his preconteste. 1641 J. Etherington Def. Iohn Etherington 25 Etherington hath..held and published, in this deponents and his precontest Thomsons presence, that the Church of England as it is here by Law established, is no true Church of Christ. 1996 P. Hyde tr. Cons. Ct. Cant. Deposition Reg. in Thomas Arden of Faversham 128 To the eighteenth he agrees with his precontest Thomas Bargar. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1570
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