Prescission neutron emission from<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mrow><mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mrow><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">Pd</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mprescripts /><mml:mrow /><mml:mrow><mml:mn>104</mml:mn></mml:mrow><mml:mrow /><mml:mrow /></mml:mmultiscripts></mml:mrow></mml:math>

Neutron spectra in coincidence with fission fragments have been measured for the 190 MeV $^{28}\mathrm{Si}$${+}^{76}$Ge populating $^{104}\mathrm{Pd}$ compound nucleus at ${\mathit{E}}_{\mathit{x}}$\ensuremath{\sim}133 MeV excitation energy. The extracted prescission multiplicity for symmetric splitting is ${\ensuremath{\nu}}_{\mathrm{pre}}$=1.1\ifmmode\pm\else\textpm\fi{}0.2. The average fission time ${\mathrm{\ensuremath{\tau}}}_{\mathit{F}}$=${6}_{\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}2}^{+3}$\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}${10}^{\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}20}$ s is determined, in good agreement with the systematics of Hinde et al. for heavier systems (A\ensuremath{\ge}125 compound nuclei).