Precedent

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 aforementioned (thing).
 * 4) * 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York 2001, p. 74:
 * A third argument may be derived from the precedent.
 * 1) The previous version.

Derived terms

 * binding precedent
 * declaratory precedent
 * original precedent
 * persuasive precedent
 * precedented


 * precedential
 * precedent-setting
 * precedent sub silentio
 * unprecedented

Adjective

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

Verb

 * 1)  To provide precedents for.
 * 2)  To be a precedent for.

Adjectives for Precedent
laudable; rigorous; historical; auspicious; social; romantic; inappropriate; mighty; semi-barbaric.

Thesaurus
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

Etymology
From <  <  praecedens:, present participle of praecedo:; See precede.

Noun

 * Arabic: سابقة
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 實例, 实例, 範例, 范例, 事例
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Präzedens
 * Greek:


 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 先例
 * Korean:
 * Macedonian: преседан
 * Polish: precedens
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 判例
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 판례 (pallye) (law only)
 * Macedonian: преседан
 * Polish: precedens
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:

Adjective

 * French:
 * Greek: προηγούμενος
 * Italian:


 * Macedonian: претходен
 * Russian: предшествующий, предыдущий