Preliminary question, a legal problem often involved in foreign marriage and foreign succession relations, has ever been discussed by masters in private international law.

先决问题是涉外婚姻、涉外继承关系中经常出现的法律问题。国际私法先哲们对先决问题已有论及。

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In every interview you reach a point when you have to give a preliminary, short answer to a question.

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But right now the question is can we just cut off the preliminary procedurals and move on to the resolution itself.

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The wording of the order is such that some will question if Apple can still move for a preliminary injunction prior to December 6.

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