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Pre*ced"ent (?), a. [L. praecedens, -entis, p. pr. of praecedere: cf. F. précédent. See Precede.] Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent services. Shak. “A precedent injury.” Bacon.
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Condition precedent (Law), a condition which precede the vesting of an estate, or the accruing of a right.
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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.
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Examples for cases can but direct as precedents only. Hooker.
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2. A preceding circumstance or condition; an antecedent; hence, a prognostic; a token; a sign. [Obs.]
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3. A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy. [Obs.] Shak.
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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.
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Syn. -- Example; antecedent. -- 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.
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