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precedent 音标拼音: [pr'ɛsɪdənt]
n. 先例,前例
a. 在先的,在前的 先例,前例在先的,在前的 precedent adj 1: preceding in time, order, or significance n 1: an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time [ synonym: { precedent}, { case in point}] 2: ( civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions [ synonym: { case law}, { precedent}, { common law}] 3: 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" [ synonym: { common law}, { case law}, { precedent}] 4: a subject mentioned earlier ( preceding in time) Precedent \ Prec" e* dent\, n. 1. Something done or said that may serve as an example to authorize a subsequent act of the same kind; an authoritative example. [ 1913 Webster] Examples for cases can but direct as precedents only. -- Hooker. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A preceding circumstance or condition; an antecedent; hence, a prognostic; a token; a sign. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] 3. A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy. [ Obs.] -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Law) A judicial decision which serves as a rule for future determinations in similar or analogous cases; an authority to be followed in courts of justice; forms of proceeding to be followed in similar cases. -- Wharton. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Example; antecedent. Usage: { Precedent}, { Example}. An example in a similar case which may serve as a rule or guide, but has no authority out of itself. A precedent is something which comes down to us from the past with the sanction of usage and of common consent. We quote examples in literature, and precedents in law. [ 1913 Webster]
Precedent \ Pre* ced" ent\, a. [ L. praecedens, - entis, p. pr. of praecedere: cf. F. pr[' e] c[' e] dent. See { Precede}.] Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent services. -- Shak. " A precedent injury." -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster] { Condition precedent} ( Law), a condition which precede the vesting of an estate, or the accruing of a right. [ 1913 Webster] 87 Moby Thesaurus words for " precedent": action, ancestor, announcer, antecedent, anterior, antetype, antitype, archetype, avant- garde, award, bellwether, biotype, buccinator, bushwhacker, classic example, condemnation, consideration, criterion, decision, decree, deliverance, determination, diagnosis, dictum, doom, epitome, example, exemplar, explorer, finding, forebear, foregoer, foregoing, forerunner, former, front runner, frontiersman, fugleman, fugler, genotype, groundbreaker, guide, harbinger, herald, imitatee, innovator, lead, lead runner, leader, messenger, mirror, model, order, original, paradigm, past, pathfinder, pattern, pioneer, point, precursor, predecessor, premise, previous, prior, prognosis, pronouncement, prototype, representative, resolution, rule, ruling, scout, sentence, standard, stormy petrel, trailblazer, trailbreaker, type, type species, type specimen, urtext, vanguard, vaunt- courier, verdict, voortrekker, yardstick
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