|
|
1. (n.) precedent
an act or instance that may serve as an example or justification for subsequent situations.
2. precedent
a legal decision serving as an authoritative rule or pattern in similar cases that follow.
3. precedent
established practice; custom:
to break with precedent.
4. (adj.) precedent
preceding; prior.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L praecēdent- (s. of praecēdēns), prp. of praecēdere to go before, precede (see -ent ))
|
| Definition of 'precedent' |
Princeton's WordNet |
|
1. (noun) precedent, case in point
an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time
2. (noun) case law, precedent, common law
(civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
3. (noun) common law, case law, precedent
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"
4. (adj) precedent
a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time)
5. (adj) precedent
preceding in time, order, or significance
|
|
|
1. (noun) precedent
sth from the past used later as an example or rule
the precedent on which the law is based; If we allow this it would set a precedent for future disputes.
|
| Definition of 'precedent' |
Webster Dictionary |
|
1. (adj) precedent
going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent services
2. (noun) precedent
something done or said that may serve as an example to authorize a subsequent act of the same kind; an authoritative example
3. (noun) precedent
a preceding circumstance or condition; an antecedent; hence, a prognostic; a token; a sign
4. (noun) precedent
a rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy
5. (noun) precedent
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
|
|
|
|
|
| Alternative search options for 'precedent' |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Definitions of precedent 
