precedent
IPA: prˈɛsɪdʌnt
noun
- An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future.
- (law) A decided case which is cited or used as an example to justify a judgment in a subsequent case.
- An established habit or custom.
- (obsolete, with definite article) The aforementioned (thing).
- The previous version.
- (obsolete) A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.
verb
- (transitive, law) To provide precedents for.
- (transitive, law) To be a precedent for.
adjective
- Happening or taking place earlier in time; previous or preceding.
- (now rare) Coming before in a particular order or arrangement; preceding, foregoing.
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Examples of "precedent" in Sentences
- It's a precedent of picaresque novel.
- That is the standard, the policy and the precedent.
- But the meaning of the term is rooted in that precedent.
- For that the unity of the State is the condition precedent.