foresentence meaning (rare): definition, etymology and quotations

foresentence

noun

Etymology From fore- + sentence.

Law Rare A sentence or condemnation in advance.

To move on that note from our deficient techniques of fact-gathering, there is a troublesome quality of class bias both in the subjects treated in foresentence reports and the standard modes of treatment.1975, H. Richard Uviller, The Processes of Criminal Justice: Investigation, page 794:

Prophetic doom.

verb

Etymology From fore- + sentence.

Rare To sentence beforehand or in advance.

Be it not mine to foresentence a sinner, whose sin's consummation Prefaced his ultimate ruin—his last dying act may atone For some misdeeds ; and whatever be written of Hell and damnation, God alone knows what is gospel; […]1889, Charles Allan Sherard, A Daughter of the South and Other Poems - Page 10:
On the strength of having a good time in one's teens, one foresentences one's manhood to derision at an early age: and to a life-long subjection to women and younger exoletes.1934, Roy Campbell, Broken Record: Reminiscences - Page 158: