prior

Related to prior: Prior probability

prior to

Before. Prior to going back to school, he worked in a restaurant. Prior to moving away, I used to live in that neighborhood.
See also: prior
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

prior

n. a prior arrest. (Underworld.) This guy has about fifteen priors.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • prior to
  • go back
  • sua sponte
  • spec
  • do something on spec
  • on spec
  • come back and see us
  • bond (one) out
  • IAW
  • water over the dam
References in periodicals archive
If the witness is testifying and there is an effort to use a prior inconsistent statement for either substantive evidence or to impeach, one cannot imagine a scenario where that effort is not being made on cross-examination.
Conn, A View from the Bench, Using a Witness's Prior Statements and Testimony at Trial, Army Law., Mar.
A view from the bench: the proper use of prior statements
The Bayesian approach has several advantages over the classical approach because it can utilize the prior information in a formal way, satisfies the axioms of coherence and utilize decision theory.
A COMPARISON OF PRIORS FOR THE PARAMETER OF THE TIME-TO-FAILURE MODEL
The exclusion of prior crimes is hot an occasional quirk of the American legal system.
The devastating impact of prior crimes evidence and other myths of the criminal justice process
Sentiment has increased from prior month and it was slightly better than expected.
Ubp-US trade deficit narrowing is probably temporary; PMI services edged higher in EZ
Tracking of prior authorizations for the delivery of dermatologic care was initiated in 2016 at the University of Utah.
Prior authorizations nearly doubled over 2 years at one center
POSTERIOR DISTRIBUTION USING NON- INFORMATIVE PRIOR
BAYESIAN ESTIMATION FOR PARAMETERS OF THE WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION
IBG said the ending customer credit balances of USD 23.8bn were 23% higher than prior year and 1% higher than prior month and a reported 229 thousand customer accounts was 12% higher than prior year and 1% higher than prior month.
-DARTs up in August for electronic brokers
Russell said Prior can take the game away from you in the same way Gilchrist used to, adding Prior is way ahead of him, in terms of keeping, and now he is pushing his batting record.
Ex-glove man Russell brands Prior 'world's most dangerous wicketkeeper-batsman'
Even after adjusting for age, ethnicity body mass index, smoking, and prior preterm delivery the odds ratios for LEEP patients vs.
No link between LEEP and preterm birth
Before the series began, Australia may well have regarded Prior's wicket-keeping as a weak link in the opposition.
Prior emerging as a pair of safe hands for hosts
Building new homes on the sites of Alderman Harris School, Charter Avenue, and Sir Henry Parkes School, Prior Deram Walk and on land next to Prior Deram shops and the end of Gerrard Avenue.
OPTIONS PUT FORWARD BY THE COUNCIL
Under prior law, a tenant was required to make that decision within 60 days of filing.
2005 Bankruptcy reform grants greater landlord protections