noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
aforementioned; above-mentioned; previously stated
Used in formal writing and speech to refer to something mentioned earlier in the same text or conversation. Often appears as 前述の (attributive) or 前述した (verbal).
前述の通り、会議は延期となりました。
As mentioned above, the meeting has been postponed.
この問題については前述したので、ここでは省略します。
Since I mentioned this issue earlier, I will omit it here.