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precedent

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See also: précédent and précèdent

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle French, from Old French, from Latin praecēdēns, present participle of praecēdere (to precede); See precede.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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precedent (plural precedents)

  1. An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future.
  2. (law) A decided case which is cited or used as an example to justify a judgment in a subsequent case.
  3. An established habit or custom.
  4. (obsolete, with definite article) The aforementioned (thing).
  5. The previous version.
  6. (obsolete) A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.
    • c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
      My Lord Melun, let this be copied out,
      I did suppose it should be on constraint ;
      And keep it safe for our remembrance :
      But , heaven be thank'd , it is but voluntary ,
      Return the precedent to these lords again

Coordinate terms

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  • (a case used as an example to justify a judgment in a subsequent one): case law

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Adjective

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precedent (not comparable)

  1. Happening or taking place earlier in time; previous or preceding. [from 14th c.]
    Synonyms: antecedent, predecessive
  2. (now rare) Coming before in a particular order or arrangement; preceding, foregoing. [from 15th c.]
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: [], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: [] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition III, section 2, member 1, subsection i:
      In the precedent section mention was made, amongst other pleasant objects, of this comeliness and beauty which proceeds from women […].

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Verb

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precedent (third-person singular simple present precedents, present participle precedenting, simple past and past participle precedented)

  1. (transitive, law) To provide precedents for.
  2. (transitive, law) To be a precedent for.

See also

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Anagrams

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin praecēdentem.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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precedent m or f (masculine and feminine plural precedents)

  1. previous, preceding

Noun

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precedent m (plural precedents)

  1. precedent
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Further reading

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Czech

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Noun

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precedent m inan

  1. precedent (past act used as example)
    Synonym: precedens

Declension

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Further reading

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  • precedent”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
  • precedent”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle French precedent. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌpreː.seːˈdɛnt/, /ˌpreː.səˈdɛnt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: pre‧ce‧dent
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

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precedent n (plural precedenten)

  1. precedent

Derived terms

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Old French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin praecēdēns. Compare Middle French preceder.

Adjective

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precedent m (oblique and nominative feminine singular precedent or precedente)

  1. preceding; that comes before
    • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine):
      Fievre ethique vient sans fievre precedente
      Ethical[?] fever comes without a preceding fever

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French précédent.

Noun

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precedent n (plural precedenți)

  1. precedent

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative precedent precedentul precedenți precedențile
genitive-dative precedent precedentului precedenți precedenților
vocative precedentule precedenților