従じゅう前ぜん

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

previous; former; prior

Formal noun or adjectival modifier referring to a previous state, rule, or practice, often in legal, administrative, or business contexts. Used with の to modify nouns.

• 従じゅう前ぜんの規き則そくに従したがって処しょ理りしてください。

  Please handle it according to the previous rules.

• 従じゅう前ぜんの契けい約やくは来らい月げつで終しゅう了りょうします。

  The former contract will end next month.