Precedent

//ˈpɹɛs.ɪ.dənt//

Synonyms for "precedent" (118 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (24)

case law action ancestor announcer antecedent anterior antetype antitype archetype avant garde avant-garde award bellwether biotype buccinator bushwhacker chief classic example common law condemnation

Adjective(1 words)

antecedent

Noun(3 words)

case in point case law common law

Strong matches (35)

consideration criterion custom decision decree deliverance determination diagnosis dictum doom epitome example exemplar explorer finding first forebear forebears foregoer foregoing

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foremost forerunner former front runner frontiersman fugleman fugler genotype groundbreaker guide harbinger heading headmost herald

Adjective(1 words)

erstwhile

Related words (59)

Related word relations

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9 relation types

More general

10 entries

civil law example illustration instance jurisprudence law representative subject theme topic

Synonyms

2 entries

case law common law

Related terms

1 entries

stare decisis

coordinate

1 entries

case law

derived

16 entries

binding precedent condition precedent declaratory precedent original precedent persuasive precedent precedency precedent sub silentio precedent-setting precedented precedential precedentless precedently unprecedent unprecedental unprecedented unprecedently

has context

1 entries

legal

is a

2 entries

example subject

related to

11 entries

aforementioned custom draught foregoing habit order preceding previous rough stare decisis writing

similar

3 entries

case law preceding

Translations

89 translations across 36 languages.

Arabic

1 entries

سَابِقَة noun (past act used as example)

Asturian

1 entries

precedente noun (past act used as example)

Belarusian

1 entries

прэцэдэ́нт noun (past act used as example)

Bengali

1 entries

সাবেক adj (earlier in time)

Bulgarian

4 entries

предишен adj (earlier in time)
предхождащ adj (earlier in time)
прецеде́нт noun (past act used as example)
прецедент noun (leading case which is cited to justify a judgment)

Catalan

2 entries

precedent noun (past act used as example)
precedent noun (leading case which is cited to justify a judgment)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

事例 noun (past act used as example)
先例 noun (past act used as example)
判例 noun (leading case which is cited to justify a judgment)
前例 noun (past act used as example)

Czech

4 entries

judikatura noun (leading case which is cited to justify a judgment)
judikát noun (leading case which is cited to justify a judgment)
precedens noun (past act used as example)
precedens noun (leading case which is cited to justify a judgment)

Dutch

2 entries

jurisprudentie noun (leading case which is cited to justify a judgment)
precedent noun (past act used as example)

Esperanto

2 entries

precedenco noun (leading case which is cited to justify a judgment)
precedento noun (leading case which is cited to justify a judgment)

Finnish

3 entries

edeltävä adj (earlier in time)
ennakkotapaus noun (past act used as example)
ennakkotapaus noun (leading case which is cited to justify a judgment)

French

3 entries

précédent adj (earlier in time)
décision de principe noun (leading case which is cited to justify a judgment)
précédent noun (past act used as example)

Galician

2 entries

precedente noun (past act used as example)
precedente noun (leading case which is cited to justify a judgment)

Georgian

4 entries

წინა adj (earlier in time)
წინამავალი adj (earlier in time)
წინამორბედი adj (earlier in time)
პრეცედენტი noun (past act used as example)

German

4 entries

Präjudiz noun (leading case which is cited to justify a judgment)
Präzedenz noun (past act used as example)
Präzedenzfall noun (past act used as example)
Präzedenzfall noun (leading case which is cited to justify a judgment)

Greek

3 entries

προηγούμενος adj (earlier in time)
δεδικασμένο noun (leading case which is cited to justify a judgment)
προηγούμενο noun (past act used as example)

Hebrew

2 entries

תַּקְדִּים noun (past act used as example)
תַּקְדִּים noun (leading case which is cited to justify a judgment)

Hungarian

2 entries

precedens noun (past act used as example)
precedens noun (leading case which is cited to justify a judgment)

Indonesian

2 entries

preseden noun (past act used as example)
preseden noun (leading case which is cited to justify a judgment)

Italian

3 entries

precedente adj (earlier in time)
precedente noun (past act used as example)
pregiudiziale noun (leading case which is cited to justify a judgment)

Japanese

3 entries

先例 noun (past act used as example)
判例 noun (leading case which is cited to justify a judgment)
前例 noun (past act used as example)

Korean

3 entries

사례 noun (past act used as example)
전례 noun (past act used as example)
판례 noun (leading case which is cited to justify a judgment)

Macedonian

3 entries

пре́тходен adj (earlier in time)
преседа́н noun (past act used as example)
преседа́н noun (leading case which is cited to justify a judgment)

Māori

1 entries

tauira noun (past act used as example)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

prejudikat noun (leading case which is cited to justify a judgment)
presedens noun (past act used as example)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries

prejudikat noun (leading case which is cited to justify a judgment)
presedens noun (past act used as example)

Polish

2 entries

precedens noun (past act used as example)
precedens noun (leading case which is cited to justify a judgment)

Portuguese

2 entries

precedente noun (past act used as example)
precedente noun (leading case which is cited to justify a judgment)

Romanian

1 entries

precedent noun (past act used as example)

Russian

4 entries

предше́ствующий adj (earlier in time)
предыду́щий adj (earlier in time)
прецеде́нт noun (past act used as example)
прецеде́нт noun (leading case which is cited to justify a judgment)

Spanish

2 entries

precedente noun (past act used as example)
precedente noun (leading case which is cited to justify a judgment)

Swedish

2 entries

precedensfall noun (leading case which is cited to justify a judgment)
prejudikat noun (leading case which is cited to justify a judgment)

Tagalog

2 entries

kasumundan adj (earlier in time)
kasumundan noun (past act used as example)

Turkish

3 entries

emsal noun (past act used as example)
içtihat noun (leading case which is cited to justify a judgment)
teamül noun (past act used as example)

Ukrainian

1 entries

прецеде́нт noun (past act used as example)

Vietnamese

2 entries

tiền lệ noun (past act used as example)
án lệ noun (leading case which is cited to justify a judgment)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

There is no precedent for such a case.

Source: tatoeba (60407)

It's totally without precedent for the suspect's attorney to be the true culprit.

Source: tatoeba (282809)

I have entered on an enterprise which is without precedent, and will have no imitator.

Source: tatoeba (412881)

He set a precedent.

Source: tatoeba (2184591)

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