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|lshtext=<b>prae-jūdĭcĭum</b>: ii, n.<br /><b>I</b> Lit., a [[preceding]] [[judgment]], [[sentence]], or [[decision]], a [[precedent]] ([[class]].): praejudiciorum vis [[omnis]] [[tribus]] in generibus versatur: rebus, quae [[aliquando]] ex paribus causis sunt judicatae, quae exempla rectius dicuntur: judiciis ad ipsam causam pertinentibus: [[unde]] [[etiam]] [[nomen]] ductum est: aut cum de eādem causā [[pronuntiatum]] est, etc., Quint. 5, 2, 1: de quo non praejudicium, sed [[plane]] judicium jam [[factum]] putatur, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 4, 12 (praejudicium dicitur res, quae cum statuta fuerit, affert judicaturis [[exemplum]], [[quod]] sequantur: judicium [[autem]] res, quae causam litemque determinat, Ascon.): [[apud]] eosdem judices [[reus]] est [[factus]], cum is duobus praejudiciis jam [[damnatus]] esset, Cic. Clu. 22, 59: praejudicium a se de capite C. Verris per hoc judicium nolle fieri, id. Verr. 2, 3, 65, § 152; cf. id. Mur. 28, 60; id. Inv. 2, 20, 59 sq.: [[Cicero]] pro Milone non [[ante]] narravit, [[quam]] praejudiciis omnibus reum liberavit, from all [[preceding]] judgments, Quint. 6, 5, 10: postulavit, ne cognitioni Caesaris praejudicium fieret, [[preceding]] [[judgment]], [[precedent]], Plin. Ep. 7, 6, 6.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Any [[thing]] [[that]] precedes [[another]] [[thing]] in [[such]] [[manner]] [[that]] we can [[judge]] or [[conclude]] from it [[what]] is [[further]] to [[happen]], a [[precedent]], [[example]]: [[Pompeius]] nullo [[proelio]] [[pulsus]], vestri facti praejudicio demotus Italiā excessit, by the [[example]] of [[your]] [[conduct]] ([[which]] he feared would be imitated), Caes. B. C. 2, 32: an Africi belli praejudicia sequimini? id. ib. fin.: orabat ut se praejudicio juvarem, Plin. Ep. 5, 1, 2: [[statim]] [[quaestor]] ejus in praejudicium [[aliquot]] criminibus [[arreptus]] est, as an [[example]] of [[what]] [[was]] to [[happen]] to [[himself]], Suet. Caes. 23.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[damage]], [[disadvantage]], [[prejudice]] ([[post]]-[[class]].): praejudicium in patrem quaeri, Sen. Ben. 4, 35, 2: [[absque]] praejudicio, Gell. 2, 2, 7: [[neque]] [[enim]] alimentorum [[causa]] veritati facit praejudicium, does no [[harm]], Dig. 1, 6, 10: [[sine]] ullo litis praejudicio, ib. 26, 2, 27; Vulg. 1 Tim. 5, 21.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> A [[judicial]] [[examination]] [[previous]] to a [[trial]]: quoties de hoc contenditur, an [[quis]] [[libertus]] [[sit]], etc., ... redditur praejudicium, Dig. 40, 14, 6: [[patronus]] in praejudicio [[possessor]] esse videtur, ib. 22, 3, 18.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> A [[decision]] made [[beforehand]] or [[before]] the [[proper]] [[time]]: neminem praejudicium rei tantae afferre, Liv. 3, 40.
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{{Georges
|georg=[[prae]]-iūdicium, iī, n., die [[Vorentscheidung]], der Vorbescheid, der vorgreifende [[Spruch]], das Präjudiz, die vorgängige, vorgreifende [[Entscheidung]], die [[einer]] späteren [[Entscheidung]] in [[einer]] anderen od. in derselben [[Sache]] [[als]] Rorm [[dienen]] kann [[oder]] muß (vgl. Quint. 5, 2, 1), I) eig. u. übtr.: a) eig., [[als]] gerichtl. t. t.: de [[quo]] [[non]] [[praeiudicium]], [[sed]] [[plane]] [[iudicium]] [[iam]] [[pactum]] putatur, Cic. div. in Caecil. 12: [[praeiudicium]] se de capite C. Verris per [[hoc]] [[iudicium]] nolle fieri, Cic. Verr. 3, 152: postulavit, ne cognitioni Caesaris [[praeiudicium]] fieret, Plin. ep. 7, 6, 6: [[apud]] eosdem iudices [[reus]] est [[factus]], cum duobus praeiudiciis [[iam]] [[damnatus]] esset, Cic. Clu. 59: u. so Cic. Mur. 60. Cic. de inv. 2, 59 u. 60. Quint. 6, 5, 10. Suet. Caes. 23, 1. – b) übtr.: neminem [[praeiudicium]] [[rei]] tantae afferre, vorgreifend, [[voreilig]] entscheide, der [[Entscheidung]] ([[des]] Senates usw.) vorgreife, Liv. 3, 40, 11 W. – II) meton.: A) eine [[auf]] vorläufige richterliche Feststellung eines Rechtsverhältnisses, [[bes]]. [[des]] [[status]] [[einer]] [[Person]] gerichtete [[Klage]], die Präjudizialklage, ICt. – B) der [[durch]] eine vorgreifende [[Entscheidung]] entstehende [[Nachteil]], [[Eintrag]], das Präjudiz, Sen., Gell. u. ICt.: [[neque]] veritati facit pr., schadet [[nichts]], ICt. – C) das [[für]] das [[Benehmen]] anderer od. [[für]] [[andere]] Ereignisse im [[voraus]] entscheidende, maßgebende [[Beispiel]], [[Pompeius]] [[vestri]] facti praeiudicio [[demotus]] Italiā excessit, Caes. p. c. 2, 32, 2: orabat ut se praeiudicio iuvarem, Plin. ep. 5, 1, 2: Italiae fugam, Hispaniarum deditionem, Africi belli praeiudicia sequimini! die [[nur]] [[einen]] schlimmen [[Ausgang]] versprechenden bisherigen Ereignisse [[des]] afr. Kr., Caes. b. c. 2, 32, 12.
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