Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent services.
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The branch of law dealing with private rights, obligations and disputes; the term also names a legal-system tradition.
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One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen.
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The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct; education; also, the state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct.
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The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency; solicitation; application; suggestion; motion.
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The science of juridical law; the knowledge of the laws, customs, and rights of men in a state or community, necessary for the due administration of…
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In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling regulation; the mode or order accordin…
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Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude.
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Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.
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A subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a proposition for discussion or argument; a text.
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One of the various general forms of argument employed in probable as distinguished from demonstrative reasoning, -- denominated by Aristotle to`poi (…
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To go before in time or place; to precede; to surpass.
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To go before in time or place; to precede; to surpass.
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The state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation; priority.
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The state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation; priority.
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To go before in order of time; to occur first with relation to anything.
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To go before in order of time; to occur first with relation to anything.
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Alt. of Precedency
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The act of going before, or forward.
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The act of going before, or forward.
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The body of legal principles established in decisions made by courts.
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Law developed through judicial decisions and precedent rather than only through legislation.
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The legal power, right, or authority of a particular court to hear and determine causes, to try criminals, or to execute justice; judicial authority…
An earlier decision used as legal authority.
In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling regulation; the mode or order accordin…
Precedent is connected to law, but it names a particular institution, source, principle or purpose rather than replacing the word law in every sentence.
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