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Definition of Pre-existing
1. Adjective. Existing previously or before something. "Variations on pre-existent musical themes"
Similar to: Antecedent
Derivative terms: Preexist, Preexist, Preexistence
Definition of Pre-existing
1. Verb. (present participle of pre-exist) (alternative spelling of preexisting) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pre-existing
Literary usage of Pre-existing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise of the Law of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, Bank-notes and by Sir John Barnard Byles, George Sharswood (1883)
"A pre-existing debt due to the holder of a negotiable instrument is a good
consideration, and it should seem is equivalent to a fresh advance. ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1912)
"That the continuing to carry pre-existing loans constitutes such a loan, and that
a taking of such order signed and delivered before February 10, 1909, ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1886)
"Mr. Justice Miller delivered the opinion of had a pre-existing indebtedness
exceeding five per cent of the value of its taxable property, as ascertained by ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"... that the New England settlers consciously imitated any existing or pre-existing
type of local government when they developed their town system. ..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Jud. et Ruth, 27) both consider that the writer of Judges w*e probably Samuel;
and both admit that the work shows signs of the use of pre-existing documente ..."
6. A Treatise on the Bankruptcy Law of the United States by Harold Remington (1915)
"Thus, Creditor's Claim Must Be Pre Existing Debt. ... 647; In re Riggs Restaurant
Co., Definition of "Pre-Existing Debt— 11 ABR 508, Fed. ..."
7. Ruling Case Law as Developed and Established by the Decisions and by William Mark McKinney, Burdett Alberto Rich (1919)
"0 It is to be noted that the courts which deny that one who takes in payment of
a pre-existing debt is a purchaser for value frequently cite the New York ..."
8. The Law of Freedom and Bondage in the United States by John Codman Hurd (1862)
"And, first, as to the pre-existing law respecting fugitives from justice.
From authorities cited in a former chapter, it teems that, in eli several ..."
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