prior investigation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpriorandinvestigation
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prior
adjective[before noun]
uk/praɪər/us/praɪr/
formal
existing or happening before something else, or before a ...
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investigation
noun[C or U]
uk/ɪnˌves.tɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/us/ɪnˌves.təˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
the act or process of examining a crime, problem, statement, etc. carefully, especially to discover ...
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(Definition ofpriorandinvestigationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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That is to say, normative economics draws conclusions about the rightness of actions (here, policy arrangements) from apriorinvestigationof the desirability or "goodness" of economic states of affairs.
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It is intolerable to expect society to expose people to chemicals withoutpriorinvestigationas to the danger of the chemicals.
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Can we have an assurance that no guarantee on the part of this country will be given to intervene in all circumstances withoutpriorinvestigation?
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The resultant backlog means that even more files are not dealt with, and, eventually, in that residence permits are granted without anypriorinvestigation.
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The basic common law criminal procedure is clear: it is arrest on reasonable grounds on evidence obtained throughpriorinvestigation.
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He has no right to thepriorinvestigationof the evidence against him.
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Prior investigations should still be performed for the specific contaminated site.
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Since defendants transferred him without anypriorinvestigationor hearing, and thereafter conducted only a cursory investigation without even then providing him any hearing, he was denied procedural due process.
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In addition, it is imperative that future studies be conducted in patient populations that are well-defined with respect to prior investigations.
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Prior investigations suggest that base-rates are perceived by decision makers as more reliable and can influence decisional confidence more than exemplars.
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