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English

Etymology

From Middle English precedent < Old French precedent < Latin praecēdēns (present priniciple of praecēdere, to precede); compare to precede

Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-precedent.ogg


Noun

  1. An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future.
  2. A decided case which is cited or used as an example to justify a judgment in a subsequent case.
  3. The previous version.


Translations

  • Finnish:
  • Hungarian:
  • Korean: {{t-|ko|사례|tr=sarye|sc=Hang}}
  • Russian: {{t|ru|прецедент|m|tr=pr'eced'ént|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Russian: {{t|ru|прецедент|m|tr=pr'eced'ént|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Spanish {{t-|es|precendente|m}}

Derived terms


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Adjective

  1. Happening or taking place earlier in time; previous or preceding.


Translations

  • French:
  • Russian: {{t|ru|предшествующий|tr=pr'edšéstvujuš'ij|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|ru|предыдущий|tr=pr'edydúš'ij|sc=Cyrl}}

Category:Law

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Precedent \Pre*ced"ent\, a. [L. praecedens, -entis, p. pr. of
praecedere: cf. F. pr['e]c['e]dent. See Precede.]
Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent
services. --Shak. "A precedent injury." --Bacon.
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Condition precedent (Law), a condition which precede the
vesting of an estate, or the accruing of a right.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Precedent \Prec"e*dent\, n.
1. Something done or said that may serve as an example to
authorize a subsequent act of the same kind; an
authoritative example.
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Examples for cases can but direct as precedents
only. --Hooker.
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2. A preceding circumstance or condition; an antecedent;
hence, a prognostic; a token; a sign. [Obs.]
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3. A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished
copy. [Obs.] --Shak.
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4. (Law) 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. --Wharton.
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Syn: Example; antecedent.

Usage: Precedent, Example. An example in a similar case
which may serve as a rule or guide, but has no
authority out of itself. A precedent is something
which comes down to us from the past with the sanction
of usage and of common consent. We quote examples in
literature, and precedents in law.
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WordNet precedent
adj : preceding in time, order, or significance
n 1: an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a
later time [syn: case in point]
2: (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial
decisions [syn: case law, common law]
3: 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" [syn: common law, case law]
4: a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time)
Moby Dictionary
action , ancestor , announcer , antecedent , anterior , antetype ,
antitype , archetype , avant-garde , award , bellwether , biotype ,
buccinator , bushwhacker , classic example , condemnation ,
consideration , criterion , decision , decree , deliverance ,
determination , diagnosis , dictum , doom , epitome , example , exemplar ,
explorer , finding , forebear , foregoer , foregoing , forerunner ,
former , front runner , frontiersman , fugleman , fugler , genotype ,
groundbreaker , guide , harbinger , herald , imitatee , innovator , lead ,
lead runner , leader , messenger , mirror , model , order , original ,
paradigm , past , pathfinder , pattern , pioneer , point , precursor ,
predecessor , premise , previous , prior , prognosis , pronouncement ,
prototype , representative , resolution , rule , ruling , scout ,
sentence , standard , stormy petrel , trailblazer , trailbreaker , type ,
type species , type specimen , urtext , vanguard , vaunt-courier ,
verdict , voortrekker , yardstick


PRECEDENT, n. In Law, a previous decision, rule or practice which, in the absence of a definite statute, has whatever force and authority a Judge may choose to give it, thereby greatly simplifying his task of doing as he pleases. As there are precedents for everything, he has only to ignore those that make against his interest and accentuate those in the line of his desire. Invention of the precedent elevates the trial-at-law from the low estate of a fortuitous ordeal to the noble attitude of a dirigible arbitrament.
PRECEDENT, n. In Law, a previous decision, rule or practice which, in the absence of a definite statute, has whatever force and authority a Judge may choose to give it, thereby greatly simplifying his task of doing as he pleases. As there are precedents for everything, he has only to ignore those that make against his interest and accentuate those in the line of his desire. Invention of the precedent elevates the trial-at-law from the low estate of a fortuitous ordeal to the noble attitude of a dirigible arbitrament.
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