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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English sentencing English presentencing From pre- + sentencing.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Occurring before sentencing.
Mr. Scrushy has been on presentencing release since a federal jury in Montgomery last year convicted him of bribing former Gov. Don Siegelman of Alabama.
2007 April 15, “Did Anyone Ask About a Yacht?”, in New York Times: