Precedent vs. President

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.

Presidentnoun

The head of state of a republic, a representative democracy and sometimes a dictatorship.

Presidentnoun

Primary leader of a corporation. Not to be confused with CEO, which is a related but separate position that is sometimes held by a different person.

Presidentnoun

A person presiding over a meeting, chair, presiding officer, presider.

Presidentnoun

obsolete form of precedent

Presidentadjective

(archaic) Occupying the first rank or chief place; having the highest authority; presiding.

Presidentnoun

Precedent.

Presidentnoun

One who is elected or appointed to preside; a presiding officer, as of a legislative body.

Presidentnoun

A protector; a guardian; a presiding genius.

Presidentadjective

Occupying the first rank or chief place; having the highest authority; presiding.

Presidentnoun

an executive officer of a firm or corporation

Presidentnoun

the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government;

Presidentnoun

the chief executive of a republic

Presidentnoun

the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization;

Presidentnoun

the head administrative officer of a college or university

Presidentnoun

the office of the United States head of state;