1. Prior claims filed by residents will be evaluated by an independent panel.2. Erasmus Darwin may have a prior claim as the inventor dating from 1758. 3. Dornoch's prior claims to fame were its world-class golf course and sandy beaches. 4. Pauline becomes aware of Emily's prior claim , however, and desists. 5. Previously, it was always assumed that the dead husband's parents had a prior claim . 6. If the Arabs have a claim to Palestine, the Jews have a prior claim ". 7. Dayy�n did attain His presence and, in so doing, renounced all prior claims to leadership. 8. So the preferential creditors had a prior claim . 9. The agency had no policy to warn them that there were prior claims on the money. 10. Accordingly, Louis argued, his wife's prior claims to her father's estate, properly " devolved " to her.