Definition of Precontract. Meaning of Precontract. Synonyms of Precontract

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Definition of Precontract

Precontract
Precontract Pre`con*tract", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Precontracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Precontracting.] To contract, engage, or stipulate previously.
Precontract
Precontract Pre`con*tract", v. i. To make a previous contract or agreement. --Ayliffe.
Precontract
Precontract Pre*con"tract, n. A contract preceding another; especially (Law), a contract of marriage which, according to the ancient law, rendered void a subsequent marriage solemnized in violation of it. --Abbott.

Meaning of Precontract from wikipedia

- precontract is a legal contract that precedes another; in particular it can refer to an existing promise of marriage with another. Such a precontract...
- Stillington, Bishop of Bath and Wells, that she was legally married precontract to Edward, which invalidated the king's later marriage to Elizabeth Woodville...
- father's home in April 1529. In 1532, Mary accused her husband of a precontract (i.e. betrothal with legal force) with Anne Boleyn. She confided her...
- with intentions to marry upon his return from Ireland, agreeing to a precontract of marriage. If indeed they exchanged vows before having ****ual intercourse...
- Bath and Wells that George "had probably let slip the secret of the precontract" for Edward's marriage with Lady Eleanor Talbot, although others dispute...
- he hears that Percy's wife is s****ing an annulment on the basis of a precontract between Anne and Percy, and informs Anne that they cannot be together...
- in a 3–0 defeat of Concordia Chiajna. In early 2018, Olaru signed a precontract with fellow Liga I side FCSB, but the move initially fell through after...
- with Elizabeth were illegitimate on the grounds that Edward IV had a precontract with the widow Lady Eleanor Butler, which was considered a legally binding...
- the old Earl of Shrewsbury, with whom the same King Edward had made a precontract of Matrimony, long time before he made the said pretensed Marriage with...
- breaking up the affair between Henry and Anne, reminding Henry of his precontract with Mary Talbot, to whom he had been betrothed from 1516. After Henry's...