Foresentence
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Foresentence is a noun meaning (law, rare) A sentence or condemnation in advance.
Meaning
(law, rare) A sentence or condemnation in advance.
More Meanings
- (religious) Prophetic doom.
- (transitive, rare) To sentence beforehand or in advance.
Example Sentences
On the strength of having a good time in one's teens, one foresentences one's manhood to derision at an early age: and to a life-long subjection to women and younger exoletes.
To move on that note from our deficient techniques of fact-gathering, there is a troublesome quality of class bias both in the subjects treated in foresentence reports and the standard modes of treatment.
Be it not mine to foresentence a sinner, whose sin's consummation Prefaced his ultimate ruin—his last dying act may atone For some misdeeds ; and whatever be written of Hell and damnation, God alone knows what is gospel; […]
Word Forms
- foresentences
- fore-sentence
- foresentencing
- foresentenced
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include precondemnation, forejudgement, forejudgment, foresign, forejudger, forescript.
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