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Definition of Precognitions
1. precognition [n] - See also: precognition
Lexicographical Neighbors of Precognitions
Literary usage of Precognitions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Digest of the Law of Scotland: With Special Reference to the Office and by Hugh Barclay, Scotland (1855)
"The following rules for regulating precognitions were prepared and issued in
1834, and have since been in observance with some slight amendments :— " In ..."
2. A Summary of the Powers and Duties of a Justice of the Peace in Scotland by George Tait (1828)
"Justices of the peace are competent to secure the guilty, and take precognitions.
(See Arrest, $c.— Wrecks). PLAGUE. AN act has been passed (d), ..."
3. The Scottish Jurist: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the House of by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, House of Lords, Parliament, Great Britain (1844)
"... proceedings or instructions, and the precognitions of witnesses conducted by
the Sheriff or his Substitutes, or under bis or their authority or sanction ..."
4. Annals of the Parish of Lesmahagow by John Blackwood Greenshields (1864)
"NOTE F* Precognitions TAKES AT LANARK ANENT THE REBELLION OF 1745. ,At Lanark,
... THE following is the precognitions taken by Mr. Richard Dick, ..."
5. The Journal of Jurisprudence by Law Library Microform Consortium (1877)
"precognitions at the seat of Court during business hours. And as regards
precognitions which may require to be taken outwith; i'usiness hours, ..."
6. A Digest of the Law of Scotland: With Special Reference to the Office and by Hugh Barclay, Scotland (1855)
"The following rules for regulating precognitions were prepared and issued in
1834, and have since been in observance with some slight amendments :— " In ..."
7. A Summary of the Powers and Duties of a Justice of the Peace in Scotland by George Tait (1828)
"Justices of the peace are competent to secure the guilty, and take precognitions.
(See Arrest, $c.— Wrecks). PLAGUE. AN act has been passed (d), ..."
8. The Scottish Jurist: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the House of by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, House of Lords, Parliament, Great Britain (1844)
"... proceedings or instructions, and the precognitions of witnesses conducted by
the Sheriff or his Substitutes, or under bis or their authority or sanction ..."
9. Annals of the Parish of Lesmahagow by John Blackwood Greenshields (1864)
"NOTE F* Precognitions TAKES AT LANARK ANENT THE REBELLION OF 1745. ,At Lanark,
... THE following is the precognitions taken by Mr. Richard Dick, ..."
10. The Journal of Jurisprudence by Law Library Microform Consortium (1877)
"precognitions at the seat of Court during business hours. And as regards
precognitions which may require to be taken outwith; i'usiness hours, ..."
11. A Digest of the Law of Scotland: With Special Reference to the Office and by Hugh Barclay, Scotland (1855)
"The following rules for regulating precognitions were prepared and issued in
1834, and have since been in observance with some slight amendments :— " In ..."
12. A Summary of the Powers and Duties of a Justice of the Peace in Scotland by George Tait (1828)
"Justices of the peace are competent to secure the guilty, and take precognitions.
(See Arrest, $c.— Wrecks). PLAGUE. AN act has been passed (d), ..."
13. The Scottish Jurist: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the House of by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, House of Lords, Parliament, Great Britain (1844)
"... proceedings or instructions, and the precognitions of witnesses conducted by
the Sheriff or his Substitutes, or under bis or their authority or sanction ..."
14. Annals of the Parish of Lesmahagow by John Blackwood Greenshields (1864)
"NOTE F* Precognitions TAKES AT LANARK ANENT THE REBELLION OF 1745. ,At Lanark,
... THE following is the precognitions taken by Mr. Richard Dick, ..."
15. The Journal of Jurisprudence by Law Library Microform Consortium (1877)
"precognitions at the seat of Court during business hours. And as regards
precognitions which may require to be taken outwith; i'usiness hours, ..."
16. A Digest of the Law of Scotland: With Special Reference to the Office and by Hugh Barclay, Scotland (1855)
"The following rules for regulating precognitions were prepared and issued in
1834, and have since been in observance with some slight amendments :— " In ..."
17. A Summary of the Powers and Duties of a Justice of the Peace in Scotland by George Tait (1828)
"Justices of the peace are competent to secure the guilty, and take precognitions.
(See Arrest, $c.— Wrecks). PLAGUE. AN act has been passed (d), ..."
18. The Scottish Jurist: Containing Reports of Cases Decided in the House of by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, House of Lords, Parliament, Great Britain (1844)
"... proceedings or instructions, and the precognitions of witnesses conducted by
the Sheriff or his Substitutes, or under bis or their authority or sanction ..."
19. Annals of the Parish of Lesmahagow by John Blackwood Greenshields (1864)
"NOTE F* Precognitions TAKES AT LANARK ANENT THE REBELLION OF 1745. ,At Lanark,
... THE following is the precognitions taken by Mr. Richard Dick, ..."
20. The Journal of Jurisprudence by Law Library Microform Consortium (1877)
"precognitions at the seat of Court during business hours. And as regards
precognitions which may require to be taken outwith; i'usiness hours, ..."
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