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prescribed in the preceding paragraph
Fixed legal expression used in statutes, contracts, and official documents to refer back to the immediately preceding paragraph or clause.
前項に規定する条件を満たさない場合は、申請を却下する。
If the conditions prescribed in the preceding paragraph are not met, the application shall be rejected.
Refers to the preceding article rather than a paragraph; used in similar legal contexts.
Compound of 前項 (preceding paragraph) + に + 規定する (to prescribe). A set phrase from legal and bureaucratic Japanese.