Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Prejudication \Pre*ju`di*ca"tion\, n.
   1. The act of prejudicating, or of judging without due
      examination of facts and evidence; prejudgment.

   2. (Rom. Law)
      (a) A preliminary inquiry and determination about
          something which belongs to a matter in dispute.
      (b) A previous treatment and decision of a point; a
          precedent.