Precedent vs. Antecedent

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.

Antecedentadjective

Earlier, either in time or in order.

Antecedentadjective

Presumptive.

Antecedentnoun

Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.

Antecedentnoun

An ancestor.

Antecedentnoun

(grammar) A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun.

Antecedentnoun

(logic) The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition, i.e. p \rightarrow q, where p is the antecedent, and q is the consequent.

Antecedentnoun

(logic) The first of two subsets of a sequent, consisting of all the sequent's formulae which are valuated as true.

Antecedentnoun

(math) The first term of a ratio, i.e. the term a in the ratio a:b, the other being the consequent.

Antecedentnoun

Previous principles, conduct, history, etc.

Antecedentadjective

Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause.

Antecedentadjective

Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability.

Antecedentnoun

That which goes before in time; that which precedes.

Antecedentnoun

One who precedes or goes in front.

Antecedentnoun

The earlier events of one's life; previous principles, conduct, course, history.

Antecedentnoun

The noun to which a relative refers; as, in the sentence "Solomon was the prince who built the temple," prince is the antecedent of who.

Antecedentnoun

The first or conditional part of a hypothetical proposition; as, If the earth is fixed, the sun must move.

Antecedentnoun

The first of the two terms of a ratio; the first or third of the four terms of a proportion. In the ratio a:b, a is the antecedent, and b the consequent.

Antecedentnoun

someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

Antecedentnoun

a preceding occurrence or cause or event

Antecedentnoun

anything that precedes something similar in time;

Antecedentnoun

the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun

Antecedentadjective

preceding in time or order

Antecedentnoun

a thing that existed before or logically precedes another

Antecedentnoun

a person's ancestors or family and social background

Antecedentnoun

an earlier word, phrase, or clause to which another word (especially a following relative pronoun) refers back.

Antecedentnoun

the statement contained in the ‘if’ clause of a conditional proposition.

Antecedentadjective

preceding in time or order; previous or pre-existing

Antecedentadjective

denoting or counting as an antecedent.