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ANTECEDENT

ANTECEDENT. Something that goes before. In the construction of laws, agreements, and the like, reference is always to be made to the lastantecedent; ad proximun antecedens fiat relatio. But not only theantecedents but the subsequent clauses of the instrument must be considered:Ex antecedentibus et consequentibus fit optima interpretatio.

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