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Word "PRECEDENT" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
(civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
Synonyms:
case law, common law

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws
Synonyms:
case law, common law

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time
Synonyms:
case in point

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Former instance as example
Previous case (9)
Previous instance as example
Past instance as example
Judicial decision used as an authority for subsequent cases (9)
Model to preface book
Repent in December? It'll be a first!
Landmark legal case The Telegraph Quick 24 May 2023
Pretence contrived to trap daughter, for example The Times Cryptic 02 Nov 2022
Repented raving about Charlie in previous case The Times Cryptic 08 Aug 2022
Point about playground garden — an example to be followed The Times Cryptic 03 Nov 2021
Pressure to withdraw conserv­ationists? It's happened before The Guardian Cryptic 01 Nov 2021
Pressure to withdraw conserv­ationists? It's happened before
Model perhaps repented snorting cocaine
Earlier example The Times Concise 13 Dec 2020
Previous case cited in court Irish Times Simplex 06 Jun 2020
Go back into press's first books for a previous case
Pressure on editor in new test case
Before Christ impressed Mark, providing an example for followers
Repented being wrong about a key earlier legal case
Similar instance earlier brought pressure to withdraw book
Legal decision serving as an example
One might be cited
Authoritative rule
Point about playground garden — an example to be followed
Anterior
Something to be set
Authoritative example.
Forerunner.
Legal decision serving as an example.
Basis for a legal decision.
Decision serving as a pattern for the future.
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