[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

preterition \pre`teri"tion\ ?; 277, n. l. praeteritio: cf.
   f. pr'et'erition.
   1. the act of passing, or going past; the state of being
      past. --bp. hall.
      1913 webster

   2. rhet. a figure by which, in pretending to pass over
      anything, a summary mention of it is made; as, "i will not
      say, he is valiant, he is learned, he is just." called
      also paraleipsis.
      1913 webster

   3. law the omission by a testator of some one of his heirs
      who is entitled to a portion. --bouvier.
      1913 webster
see also:
paraleipsis 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

preterition
     n : suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of
         significance is omitted syn: paralepsis, paraleipsis,
          paralipsis
see also:
paralepsis paraleipsis paralipsis 

[3] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

preterition, civil law. the omission by a testator of some one of his heirs 
who is entitled to a legitime, q.v. in the succession. 
     2. among the romans, the preterition of children when made by the 
mother were presumed to have been made with design; the preterition of sons 
by any other testator was considered as a wrong and avoided the will, except 
the will of a soldier in service, which was not subject to so much form. 

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