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Synonyms for precedent
ˈprɛs ɪ dənt; prɪˈsid nt, ˈprɛs ɪ dəntprece·dent
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
precedent
A precedent is an authoritative case, example, or instance. The communism of the early Christians in Jerusalem is a wonderful example or instance of Christian liberality, but not a precedent for the universal church through all time. Cases decided by irregular or unauthorized tribunals are not precedents for the regular administration of law. An obiter dictum is an opinion outside of the case in hand, which can not be quoted as an authoritative precedent. Compare CAUSE; EXAMPLE.
Synonyms:
antecedent, authority, case, example, instance, obiter dictum, pattern, warrant
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
precedent
Synonyms:
anterior, prior, earlierAntonyms:
subsequent, posterior, interprecedentnoun
Synonyms:
instance, example, authority, warrant, antecedent, patternAntonyms:
prohibition, diswarrant, disallowance
Princeton's WordNet
precedent, case in pointnoun
an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time
Synonyms:
case in point, common law, case lawAntonyms:
succeeding(a)case law, precedent, common lawnoun
(civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
Synonyms:
case in point, common law, case lawAntonyms:
succeeding(a)common law, case law, precedentnoun
a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws
"common law originated in the unwritten laws of England and was later applied in the United States"
Synonyms:
case in point, common law, case lawAntonyms:
succeeding(a)precedentadjective
a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time)
Synonyms:
case in point, common law, case lawAntonyms:
succeeding(a)precedentadjective
preceding in time, order, or significance
Antonyms:
succeeding(a)
Editors Contribution
example
model; an earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances
Dictionary of English Synonymes
precedentadjective
Synonyms:
antecedent, PRECEDINGprecedentnoun
Synonyms:
authoritative example
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How to use precedent in a sentence?
The preliminary ruling by a federal judge in Texas is an assault on science and the FDA’s long-standing role as the authority to make decisions on the safety and efficacy of medicines. For a court to invalidate the approval of a drug that was reviewed and approved more than two decades ago is without precedent. As legal scholars have noted, the courts do not have the medical expertise to make these types of scientific determinations.
Technically, whenever a vaccine like that is modified, it's often considered a new vaccine and has to go through the whole process again. But there is a precedent, obviously, with influenza virus vaccines, not to do that.
If they continue on this path it sets a bad precedent for warm-water species management, we just think long term it will harm the (warm-water) fishery.
As China seeks to make sovereign land out of sandcastles and redraw maritime boundaries, it is eroding regional trust and undermining investor confidence, its behaviour threatens to set a new precedent whereby larger countries are free to intimidate smaller ones, and that provokes tensions, instability and can even lead to conflict.
First they created a precedent out of thin air claiming that there could be no Supreme Court confirmations during a presidential year, then just days before the 2020 presidential election, they broke their own rule … in order to confirm Amy Coney Barrett.
Translations for precedent
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- سابقةArabic
- precedentCatalan, Valencian
- Präzedenzfall, PräzedensGerman
- δεδικασμένο, προηγούμενος, προηγούμενοGreek
- precedento, precedencoEsperanto
- precedenteSpanish
- ennakkotapausFinnish
- précédent, jurisprudenceFrench
- precedenteGalician
- मिसालHindi
- precedensHungarian
- precedenteItalian
- 先例, 判例Japanese
- 사례, 판례Korean
- precedentLatin
- преседа́н, пре́тходенMacedonian
- precedent, jurisprudentieDutch
- precedensPolish
- precedentePortuguese
- precedentRomanian
- предше́ствующий, прецеде́нт, предыду́щийRussian
- แบบอย่างThai
- ornekTurkish
- 先例Chinese
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