Prior to the charter, there were various statutes which protected an assortment of civil rights and obligations, but nothing was enshrined in the constitution until 1982.

Prior to 1982, separate liberal arts faculties existed amongst various " residential colleges ", ( Rutgers, Douglass, Livingston, University, and Cook colleges ) at Rutgers-New Brunswick.

Prior to 1984 Almere had an Adviesraad, which was chosen every 2 years ( 1978 – 1980, 1980 – 1982, 1982 – 1984 ).

Prior to the village's establishment on July 7, 1982, the area was an unincorporated section of the town of Rye.

Prior to Fox Music, 20th Century Records was its music arm from 1958 to 1982.

Prior to the adoption of the 1993 Constitution of Russia, the administrative-territorial structure of Russia was regulated by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of August 17, 1982 " On the Procedures of Dealing with the Matters of the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the RSFSR ".

Prior to the enactment of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982 ( and continuing to the present day ), it was fairly common for a provincial law to be challenged on the grounds that it was a criminal statute, and thus ultra vires or beyond the province's legislative authority.

* Matt Prior ( b. 1982 ), English cricketer

Prior to Super Bowl XVII, the Miami Dolphins and Washington Redskins both won three playoff games to reach the Super Bowl, but that came during the strike-shortened 1982 season when the regular season was reduced to nine games and the playoffs were expanded to 16 teams, with no teams receiving first-round byes.

Prior to becoming an MP he was a journalist for the Guardian from 1981 – 97, and was a councillor in Wandsworth from 1971 to 1982.

Prior to 1994, the Jackson Park Branch of the Green Line once terminated at University / 63rd, and before that, at Stony Island / 63rd from 1893 to 1982.

Prior to the 1982 Alberta election, Raymond Speaker and Walt Buck left the Alberta Social Credit Party and ran as Independents due to a collapse of their party and problems with organization and leadership.

Prior to 1982, the Mets announcers had done television and radio on a rotational system.

Prior to becoming a coach, Trotz played for the WHL's Regina Pats from 1979 to 1982 winning the WHL Championship in 1980.

Prior to the division between arcade-style racing and sim racing, the earliest attempts at providing driving simulation experiences were arcade racing video games, dating back to Pole Position, a 1982 arcade game developed by Namco, which the game's publisher Atari publicized for its " unbelievable driving realism " in providing a Formula 1 experience behind a racing wheel at the time.

Prior to the production of the first Blackadder series, a pilot episode was shot in 1982 which was set in the Elizabethan Era.

Prior to the TV series, a TV movie had been made and shown in 1982.

Prior to 1982 all actual Bell tests used " single-channel " polarisers and variations on an inequality designed for this setup.

Prior to 1982, BBC Cymru Wales on television provided programmes in both English and Welsh, with the news programme Heddiw and Pobol y Cwm forming the bulk of the latter programming.

Prior to his judicial service, Judge Leonardo served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Arizona from 1982 to 1993 and for the Northern District of Indiana from 1973 to 1982, where he also served as the First Assistant United States Attorney from 1978 to 1982.

Prior to 1982, films adjudged " morally offensive " received either of two ratings, B, which stood for " morally objectionable in part for all ," or C, " condemned ".

Prior to World War 2, there was a higher percentage of endogamous marriages than after World War 2.

Prior to World War II, infantile paralysis ( or polio ) was widely accepted as the cause.

Prior to World War II, destroyers were light vessels with little endurance for unattended ocean operations ; typically a number of destroyers and a single destroyer tender operated together.

Prior to New World Pictures ' release of the film, Toho had the film dubbed in Hong Kong.

Prior to the invasion of neutral Belgium by German forces, Hergé published humoristic drawings in L ' Ouest, a paper run by future collaborator Raymond de Becker and which strongly advocated that Belgium not join the war alongside its World War One allies France and Britain.

Prior to the accident he had captained England 22 times, and, being only 27, was expected to lead them in the 1966 World Cup ; but he was never again selected for the national team.

Prior to this — before the Second World War — he was content with the role of an apolitical liberal intellectual: " Now teaching at a lycée in Laon [...] Sartre made his headquarters the Dome café at the crossing of Montparnasse and Raspail boulevards.

Prior to World War II, Latvia bordered eastern Poland, but as a result of boundary changes by the Soviet Union, this territory was attached to Belarus.

Prior to the outbreak of World War I in 1914 detachable black or white plumes were worn with the pickehaube in full dress by German generals, staff officers, dragoon regiments, infantry of the Prussian Guard and a number of line infantry regiments as a special distinction.

Prior to World War II Porsche designed and built three Type 64 cars for a 1939 Berlin to Rome race that was cancelled.

Prior to World War I, the British explosives chemist Oswald Silberrad obtained British and U. S. patents for a series of plastic explosives called " Nitrols ", composed of nitrated aromatics, collodion, and oxidising inorganic salts.

Prior to the 1999 season, Clemens was traded to the New York Yankees where he won his only two World Series titles.

Prior to its creation as the Territory of the Saar Basin by the League of Nations after World War I, the Saarland ( or simply " the Saar ", as is frequently referred to ) did not exist as a unified entity.

Prior to World War II, 12-cylinder engines were found in many luxury models, including cars from: Packard 1916 to 1923, Daimler 1926 to 1937, Hispano-Suiza 1931, Cadillac 1931, Auburn 1932, Franklin 1932, Lincoln 1932, Rolls-Royce 1936, and Pierce-Arrow also 1936.

Prior to World War I, Gretzky's paternal grandfather Anton ( Tony ) Gretzky immigrated along with his family to Canada via the United States from the Russian Empire ( what is now Grodno, Belarus ).

Prior to World War II, a number of major population transfers were the result of bilateral treaties and had the support of international bodies such as the League of Nations.

Prior to World War I, he considered himself an agnostic.

Prior to World War II, blacks constituted about 3 % of Oakland's population.

Prior to the entry of Italy into World War I, Lussu joined the army and was involved in several skirmishes.

Prior to the arrival of Arab armies in Palestine, many paramilitary groups in the Arab World, including the Muslim Brotherhood and the Arab Liberation Army ( ALA ), had volunteered to fight there.

Prior to World War II, hospitals provided ambulance service in many large cities.

Prior to World War I, bayonet doctrine was largely centered around the concept of ' reach '; that is, a soldier's theoretical ability, by use of an extremely long rifle and fixed bayonet, to bayonet an enemy soldier without having to approach within reach of his opponent's blade.

Prior to World War I, most of the cordite used by the British Government was produced in its own factories.

Prior to World War II she remarked in an interview with The New York Times Magazine that Adolf Hitler should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.