Noun
(criminal law) Knowledge of a set of circumstances sufficient to make actions based on those circumstances wrongful.
The defendant was convicted because the prosecutor proved the defendant's prior knowledge of the victim's particular vulnerability.
(insurance law) Prior to the inception of an insurance policy, knowledge of specific extant circumstances that could reasonably give rise to a claim under that policy.
All our policies require a declaration of no prior knowledge as a matter of routine.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see prior, knowledge.
I had no prior knowledge of linguistics, but that didn't stop me from writing a dictionary.
No prior knowledge regarding quantum mechanics is expected, so one can find a really good introduction covering quantum states, measurement, entanglement together with other aspects of quantum networking, including such issues as security, teleportation, and channel swapping. Stephen F Bush
You have to get a little untrapped from too much prior knowledge. Norman Foster Ramsey, Jr.