precedent
- Noun. An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future.
- Noun. (legal) A decided case which is cited or used as an example to justify a judgment in a subsequent case.
- Noun. (obsolete, with definite article) The aforementioned (thing).
- Noun. The previous version.
- Adjective. Happening or taking place earlier in time; previous or preceding.
- Verb. (transitive, legal) To provide precedents for.
- Verb. (transitive, legal) To be a precedent for.
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