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The definition of a presage is a feeling or warning about something that's going to happen. An example of a presage is a bomb threat being called in. a sign or warning of a future event; omen; portent; augury. a foreboding; presentiment.
res gestae. Definition. [Latin: âthings doneâ or âthing transactedâ] The events or circumstances at issue, as well as other events that are contemporaneous with or related to them. Courts previously employed this term in order to admit otherwise inadmissible hearsay. The term has since been put to disuse by scholars and legislators.