praecontrahere

praecontrahere [CL prae-+contrahere] 1 to contract or incur (an obligation or debt) previously or beforehand. tributum rex indebitum / solvis [Jhesu] ut solvas debitum / quod primum precontraxerant / qui fedus morti fecerant J. Howd. Cyth. 61. 6. 2 to enter previously or beforehand into a marriage contract, make a previous marriage contract. ostendebatur ‥ in quodam rotulo pergameni, quod filii regis Edwardi erant bastardi, supponendo illum ~traxisse cum quadam domina Alienora Boteler antequam reginam Elizabeth duxisset uxorem Croyl. Cont. C 567.

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