Word
Precedent
How many syllables?
3 Syllables
How it's divided?
prec-e-dent
Definition
- a. - Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as,
precedent services.
- n. - Something done or said that may serve as an example to
authorize a subsequent act of the same kind; an authoritative example.
- n. - A preceding circumstance or condition; an antecedent;
hence, a prognostic; a token; a sign.
- n. - A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished
copy.
- n. - 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.
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