ANTE

Lat. Before. Usually employed in old pleadings as expre ive of time, as prre (before) was of place, and coram (before) of person. Townsh. Pl. 22. Occurring in a report or a text-book, it is used to refer the reader to a previous part of the book. -Ante exhibitionem billre, Before the exhibition of the bill. Before suit begun.-Ante factum or ante-gestum, Done before. A Roman law term for a previous act, or thing done before.-Ante!item mot am. Before suit brought; before controversy instituted.- Ante nat us. Born before. A person born before another person or before a particular event. Thoe. term ie, particularly ap_plied to one born in a [s. 79]