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    • Arbitrator, arbiter, arbitration and arbitrage
    • Immunity and impunity
    • Disclose, expose and divulge
    • Lease vs. let
    • What is the difference between a power of attorney and a proxy?
    • Precede vs. Proceed
    • Tax evasion vs. Tax avoidance
    • Persecute vs. Prosecute
    • Murder, Manslaughter, Homicide
    • Ensure vs. Insure
    • Whose vs. Who’s
    • Correct Words
    • Its vs. It’s
    • Defamation: libel and slander
    • Damage vs. Damages
    • Assent vs. Consent
    • Council vs. Counsel
    • Deposit vs. Deposition
    • Disqualified vs. Unqualified
    • Public Company
    • Security
    • Counterpart vs. Counterparty
    • Infer vs. Imply
    • Sanction
    • Between vs. Among
    • Robbery, burglary, theft, and larceny
    • Accede vs. Exceed
    • Affect vs. Effect
    • Wholly owned subsidiary
    • Qualify
    • Disburse vs. Disperse
    • Consequent and Subsequent
    • Effective vs. Efficient
    • Advise vs. Advice
    • Counsel vs. Council
    • Principal vs. Principle
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      • Legal English Dictionary

      • harm
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      • equity
      • conformed copy
      • judge
      • primary insurance
      • floating charge
      • override
      • infringement
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      • reveal
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      • LIBOR
      • incoherent
      • coherent
      • objective
      • private law
      • Arbitrator, arbiter, arbitration and arbitrage
      • Immunity and impunity
      • Disclose, expose and divulge
      • Lease vs. let
      • What is the difference between a power of attorney and a proxy?
      • Precede vs. Proceed
      • Tax evasion vs. Tax avoidance
      • Persecute vs. Prosecute
      • Murder, Manslaughter, Homicide
      • Ensure vs. Insure
      • Whose vs. Who’s
      • Correct Words
      • Its vs. It’s
      • Defamation: libel and slander
      • Damage vs. Damages
      • Assent vs. Consent
      • Council vs. Counsel
      • Deposit vs. Deposition
      • Disqualified vs. Unqualified
      • Public Company
      • Security
      • Counterpart vs. Counterparty
      • Infer vs. Imply
      • Sanction
      • Between vs. Among
      • Robbery, burglary, theft, and larceny
      • Accede vs. Exceed
      • Affect vs. Effect
      • Wholly owned subsidiary
      • Qualify
      • Disburse vs. Disperse
      • Consequent and Subsequent
      • Effective vs. Efficient
      • Advise vs. Advice
      • Counsel vs. Council
      • Principal vs. Principle

      Precede vs. Proceed

      To precede is to go before:
      “Long negotiations preceded the signing of the agreement.”

      To proceed is to continue doing something:
      “The court allowed counsel to proceed.”

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