Definitions of precedent
a. - Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent services.
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n. - 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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n. - A preceding circumstance or condition; an antecedent; hence, a prognostic; a token; a sign.
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n. - A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.
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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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The word "precedent" uses 9 letters: C D E E E N P R T.
Direct anagrams of precedent:
precented
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a - preenacted s - precedents
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