Meanings
nounpreaudience (uncountable)
- UKhistoricaluncountablelawPrecedence of rank at the bar among lawyers.
A patent of precedence is sometimes granted cedence to barristers , which entitles them to such rank and preaudience as are assigned in their respective patents
1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC
Origin
From pre- + audience, i.e. the right to be heard before another.
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