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Preaudience

The right of being heard before another. A privilege belonging to the English bar, the members of wbicb are entitled to be heard in their order, ac-cording to rank, beginning with the king’s attorney general, and ending with barristers at large. 3 Steph. Comm. 387, note

Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)