Precontract Definition

prē-kŏntrăkt
noun
An existing contract, such as the marriage contract, that incapacitates the maker from entering into any additional contract of the same kind.
American Heritage
A previous contract or pledge, as a betrothal, that bars the making of another.
Webster's New World
adjective
Of or relating to occurrences or states prior to a contract.
Precontract negotiations; precontract positions.
American Heritage
verb
To bind by a previous contract or pledge.
Webster's New World
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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Other Word Forms of Precontract

Noun

Singular:
precontract
Plural:
precontracts

Origin of Precontract

Precontract Sentence Examples

  • This act offended the English barons, but in choosing a new queen John gave much greater offence abroad; he Carried off Isabella of Angoulme from her affianced husband, Hugh of Lusignan, the son of the count of Ia Marche, his greatest vassal in northern Aquitaine, and married her despite the precontract.

  • The marriage was declared invalid ab initio either on the ground of Anne's precontract with Lord Percy or more probably on the ground of the affinity established between Henry and Anne by Henry's previous relations with Mary Boleyn.

  • I don't understand how Katherine Howard could have saved herself by admitting precontract to anyone at all.

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Words Starting With

PPRPRE

Words Ending With

TCTACT

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Words Starting With P and Ending With T

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