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precedent   (TTS Sound)

The noun precedent has 4 senses

• precedent, case in point -- (an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time)


• case law, precedent, common law -- ((civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions)


• 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")


• precedent -- (a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time))

The adj precedent has 1 sense

• precedent -- (preceding in time, order, or significance)