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Webster 1913 Edition
Precedent
Pre-ced′ent
,Adj.
Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent;
as,
. precedent
servicesShak.
“A precedent injury.” Bacon.
Condition precedent
(Law)
, a condition which precede the vesting of an estate, or the accruing of a right.
Prec′e-dent
,Noun.
1.
Something done or said that may serve as an example to authorize a subsequent act of the same kind; an authoritative example.
Examples for cases can but direct as
precedents
only. Hooker.
2.
A preceding circumstance or condition; an antecedent; hence, a prognostic; a token; a sign.
[Obs.]
3.
A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.
[Obs.]
Shak.
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.
Syn. – Example; antecedent.
Webster 1828 Edition
Precedent
PRECE'DENT
,Adj.
The world, or any part thereof, could not be precedent to the creation of man.
A precedent condition, in law, is a condition which must happen or be performed before an estate or some right can vest, and on failure of which the estate or right is defeated.
Definition 2024
précédent
précédent
French
Alternative forms
- præcedent (obsolete)
Adjective
précédent m (feminine singular précédente, masculine plural précédents, feminine plural précédentes)
Noun
précédent m (plural précédents, feminine précédente)