Precedence vs. Precedent
Precedencenoun
The state of preceding in importance or priority.
Precedencenoun
Precedent.
Precedencenoun
The act or state of preceding or going before in order of time; priority; as, one event has precedence of another.
Precedencenoun
The act or state of going or being before in rank or dignity, or the place of honor; right to a more honorable place; superior rank; as, barons have precedence of commoners.
Precedencenoun
status established in order of importance or urgency;
Precedencenoun
preceding in time
Precedencenoun
the act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)
Precedentnoun
An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future.
Precedentnoun
(legal) A decided case which is cited or used as an example to justify a judgment in a subsequent case.
Precedentnoun
An established habit or custom.
Precedentnoun
The aforementioned (thing).
Precedentnoun
The previous version.
Precedentnoun
(obsolete) A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.
Precedentadjective
Happening or taking place earlier in time; previous or preceding.
Precedentadjective
Coming before in a particular order or arrangement; preceding, foregoing.
Precedentverb
To provide precedents for.
Precedentverb
To be a precedent for.
Precedentadjective
Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent services.
Precedentnoun
Something done or said that may serve as an example to authorize a subsequent act of the same kind; an authoritative example.
Precedentnoun
A preceding circumstance or condition; an antecedent; hence, a prognostic; a token; a sign.
Precedentnoun
A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.
Precedentnoun
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.
Precedentnoun
an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time
Precedentnoun
(civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
Precedentnoun
a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws;
Precedentnoun
a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time)
Precedentadjective
preceding in time, order, or significance
Precedent
A precedent is a principle or rule established in a previous legal case that is either binding on or persuasive without going to courts for a court or other tribunal when deciding subsequent cases with similar issues or facts. Common-law legal systems place great value on deciding cases according to consistent principled rules, so that similar facts will yield similar and predictable outcomes, and observance of precedent is the mechanism by which that goal is attained.
