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precedent

 
Adjective precedent has 1 sense
  1. precedent - preceding in time, order, or significance
    Antonym:
    succeeding (indirect, via preceding)
Noun precedent has 4 senses
  1. precedent, case in point - an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time
    --1 is a kind of example, illustration, instance, representative
    Derived form: verb precede1
  2. case law, precedent, common law - (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
    --2 is a kind of civil law
  3. common law, case law, precedent - 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"
    --3 is a kind of law, jurisprudence
  4. precedent - a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time)
    --4 is a kind of
    subject, topic, theme
    Derived form: verb precede2
precede precede by precedeccesor preceded preceded precedence precedency precedent-setting precedent precedental precedented precedentedly precedential precedents preceders precedes preceding

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