Precedents

Synonyms for "precedents" (16 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Noun(4 words)
antecedentbackgroundscase lawearlier instance

Strong matches (4)

Adjective(1 words)
historical background

Related words (8)

Noun(8 words)
jurisprudencelegal rulemodelpreceding occurrencerulingsettled lawstandardtemplate

Related word relations

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4 relation types

More general

7 entries

More specific

8 entries
binding precedentcase lawcultural precedentindustry precedentlegal precedentpersuasive precedentpolicy precedenttechnological precedent

Collocations

6 entries
binding precedentestablished precedentfamily precedentindustry precedentlegal precedentpolicy precedent

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Some religious people wonder if God or gods come down in human form. Hinduism's avatars and Christianity's Christ are precedents. In the concept of pantheism, everything and everybody have some aspect of godliness, at some level, even though sometimes scarcely.

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Each year, the National Archives organizes events marking the Fourth of July, the birthday of the United States of America. This year, the National Archives prepared an especially fitting exhibition. Entitled “Amending America,” it is a story about thousands of failed attempts to change the U.S. Constitution, a succinct body of fundamental principles and precedents by which America is governed.

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The lawyer drew upon a repertory of juridical precedents to strengthen her argument.

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