anticipatio

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anticipatio - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  ANTICIPATION. The act of doing or taking a thing before its proper time.
       2. In deeds of trust there is frequently a provision that the income of
  the estate shall be paid by the trustee as it shall accrue, and not by way
  of anticipation. A payment made contrary to such provision would not be
  considered as a discharge of the trustee.