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preventive punishment. See PUNISHMENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

preventive law. A practice of law that seeks to minimize a client’s risk of litigation or secure more certainty with regard to the client’s legal rights and duties. • Emphasizing planning, counseling, and the nonadversarial resolution of disputes, preventive law focuses on the lawyer’s role as adviser and negotiator. [Blacks Law 8th]

preventive justice. See JUSTICE(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

preventive injunction. See INJUNCTION. [Blacks Law 8th]

preventive detention. See DETENTION. [Blacks Law 8th]

preventive custody. See CUSTODY(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

prevention doctrine. Contracts. The principle that each contracting party has an implied duty to not do anything that prevents the other party from performing its obligation. — Also termed prevention-of-performance doctrine. [Cases: Contracts 168, 303(4). C.J.S. Contracts §§ 346–347, 528–530.] [Blacks Law 8th]

prevention. Civil law. The right of one of several judges having concurrent jurisdiction to exercise that jurisdiction over a case that the judge is first to hear. [Blacks Law 8th]

prevent, vb. To hinder or impede <a gag order to prevent further leaks to the press>. [Blacks Law 8th]

prevaricator (pri-var-<<schwa>>-kay-t<<schwa>>r), n. [Latin] 1. A liar; an equivocator. 2. Roman law. One who betrays another’s trust, such as an advocate who aids the opposing party by betraying the client. — Also spelled (in sense 2) praevaricator. [Blacks Law 8th]