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precedent

English

  1. 🔊 preceding in time, order, or significance
  2. 🔊 an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time
  3. 🔊 a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time)
  4. 🔊 (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
  5. 🔊 a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws
    “common law originated in the unwritten laws of England and was later applied in the United States”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 antecedente precedent
  2. 🔊 precedente precedent

Similar words

case in point case law common law common law case law action ancestor announcer antecedent anterior antetype antitype archetype avant-garde award bellwether biotype buccinator bushwhacker classic example condemnation consideration criterion decision