Words Like PRECEDENT

We have put together a list of words that are similar to PRECEDENT.

11 Alternative Words Similar to precedent

1 Preceding Adjective      Similar Words Like Preceding
2 Example Noun      Synonym Words Like Example
3 Illustration Noun      Synonym Words Like Illustration
4 Instance Noun      Synonym Words Like Instance
5 Representative Noun      Synonym Words Like Representative
6 Subject Noun      Synonym Words Like Subject
7 Theme Noun      Synonym Words Like Theme
8 Topic Noun      Synonym Words Like Topic
9 Anterior Adjective      Synonym Words Like Anterior
10 Antecedent Adjective      Synonym Words Like Antecedent
11 Sign Noun      Synonym Words Like Sign

1 examples of precedent

1 precedent services

10 definitions of precedent

1 Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent.
2 Something done or said that may serve as an example to authorize a subsequent act of the same kind; an authoritative example.
3 A preceding circumstance or condition; an antecedent; hence, a prognostic; a token; a sign.
4 A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.
5 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.
6 an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time
7 a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time)
8 preceding in time, order, or significance
9 (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
10 a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws
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