"Preexistence" is a word in ENGLISH

Old; that happened or existed in former times, usually at a great distance of time; belonging to times long past; …

The first principle of metals, i. e., mercury, which was formerly supposed to exist in all metals, and to be …

To rely for support; to be conditioned or contingent; to be connected with anything, as a cause of existence, or …

One of that class of Calvinists who consider the decree of election as contemplating the apostasy as past and the …

Defunct; existing recently, but now dead. Pleasant v. State, 17 Ala. 190. Formerly; recently; lately

A hypothetical land, or continent, supposed by some to have existed formerly in the Indian Ocean, of which Madagascar is …

A hypothetical radical formerly supposed to exist in mesityl oxide.

A hydrocarbon radical formerly supposed to exist in oenanthic acid, now known to be identical with heptyl.

Formerly existing; ancient; not modern; preceding; original; as, an old law; an old custom; an old promise.

The offense of transporting wool or sheep out of England contrary to the statute formerly existing.

The name of a prison formerly existing in London. See Counter

In English ecclesiastical law. A stipend granted in cathedral church-es; also, but Improperly, a prebendary. A simple prebend ls merely …

Formerly, a declaration in common-law pleading, by which the party interposes an oblique allegation or denial of some fact, protesting …

The abrogation or annulling of a previously existing law by the enact-ment of a subsequent statute which declares that the …

HON, or SORN. An arbitrary exaction, formerly existing ln Scotland and Ireland, whenever a chieftain had a mind to revel, …

Lat. He holds; he held. In the Latin forms of the writ of waste against a tenant, these words intro-duced …

He who ls Uterally ln the occupation or possession of the land, as distinguished from the owner out of pos-sessiou. …