precedent

Etymology
From, from , from , present participle of ; See precede.

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) An established habit or custom.
 * 4)  The aforementioned (thing).
 * , New York 2001, p.74:
 * A third argument may be derived from the precedent.
 * 1) The previous version.
 * 2)  A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.
 * 1)  A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.

Translations

 * Arabic: سَابِقَة
 * Asturian: precedente
 * Belarusian: прэцэдэ́нт
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: precedent
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , , ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: precedente
 * Georgian: პრეცედენტი
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: ,
 * Macedonian: преседа́н
 * Maori:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: presedens
 * Nynorsk: presedens
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: kasumundan
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: precedent
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, judikát, judikatura
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: precedento, precedenco
 * Finnish:
 * French: décision de principe
 * Galician: precedente
 * Georgian: პრეცედენტი
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Macedonian: преседа́н
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: prejudikat
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:

Adjective

 * 1) Happening or taking place earlier in time; previous or preceding.
 * 2)  Coming before in a particular order or arrangement; preceding, foregoing.
 * 1)  Coming before in a particular order or arrangement; preceding, foregoing.

Translations

 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: წინა, წინამავალი, წინამორბედი
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Macedonian: пре́тходен
 * Russian: ,
 * Tagalog: kasumundan

Verb

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

Etymology
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Adjective

 * 1) previous, preceding

Noun

 * 1)  past act used as example

Related terms

 * See

Etymology
Borrowed from. First attested in the 16th century.

Etymology
Borrowed from. Compare 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) preceding; that comes before

Etymology
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