0 an introduction to a speech or piece of writing --
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the preamble to the Constitution
We simply look at the main text of legislation; we do not have a tradition of examining preambles.
If my answers are long, it is because the questions are long and because we have preambles to deal with.
Preambles have a value much more than their mere formal words.
More or less any intervention can be justified if one looks at the preambles.
People have now got rid of rhetorical preambles and go straight to the point.
Accordingly, they already contain preambles which set out the legal basis for the instrument and the practical considerations which make it necessary or desirable.
Anyone can find the preambles, if he wishes.
The preambles of treaties should be taken into account when interpreting the wording of those treaties.
