Usually means: Statement immediately preceding an inference.
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adjective:  Existing previously, preexistent.
adjective:  (archaic, now rare) Before; situated in front.
adjective:  (logic, of a proposition) Laid out earlier, prior.
noun:  (philosophy, logic, linguistics) A proposition laid out previously; a proposition from which another proposition is inferred.

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