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Precedent 1

Definition: Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent services.

Precedent 2

Definition: Something done or said that may serve as an example to authorize a subsequent act of the same kind; an authoritative example.

Precedent 3

Definition: A preceding circumstance or condition; an antecedent; hence, a prognostic; a token; a sign.

Precedent 4

Definition: A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.

Precedent 5

Definition: A judicial decision which serves as a rule for future determinations in similar or analogous cases; an authority to be followed in courts of justice; forms of proceeding to be followed in similar cases.

precedent 6

Definition: an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time

precedent 7

Definition: (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions

precedent 8

Definition: a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time)

precedent 9

Definition: a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws; "common law originated in the unwritten laws of England and was later applied in the United States"

precedent 10

Definition: preceding in time, order, or significance

 

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