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- adjective Prior to the introduction of
legislation .
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Examples
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But Mr. Kan is betting he can break the mold, by reverting to his prelegislative career as a civic activist.
Japan's Ex-Premier Turns Anti-Nuclear Activist Toko Sekiguchi 2012
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► "Whenever any meeting required to be open to the public is to be held at a time or place other than at the time and place prescribed for regular meetings (as was the case with the Dec. 1 prelegislative session, held at the Oconee County Civic Center) the agency shall give due notice thereof."
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By the 1920s, the process was sufficiently entrenched that whenever a member of Congress came up with a legislative proposal without going through the cumbersome prelegislative process of multiparty negotiation, the affected industries united to block the bill. "
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