Middle English Dictionary Entry
prēcontract n.
Entry Info
| Forms | prēcontract n. |
| Etymology | ML prēcontractus |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A pre-existing agreement, a precontract.
Associated quotations
- a1500(?c1425) Spec.Sacer.(Add 36791)84/14 : We commyt and chargeþ þe..that thou enquere diligently for this matere, and ȝif thou may be serteyne that he or sche ymagenyd or was cause of the deþ of here housbonde, or ȝit ȝif they made eny suyrte or precontract in his dayes, þat þou þen departe hem.