precedent
English
editAlternative forms
edit- præcedent (archaic)
Etymology
editFrom Middle French, from Old French, from Latin praecēdēns, present participle of praecēdere (“to precede”); See precede.
Pronunciation
edit- (noun):
- (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) enPR: prĕsʹĭ-dənt, IPA(key): /ˈpɹɛs.ɪ.dənt/
- (General Australian, Ireland) IPA(key): /ˈpɹiː.sə.dənt/, /ˈpɹɛs-/
- (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈpɹes.ə.dənt/, /ˈpɹiː-/
Audio (US): (file)
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Noun
editprecedent (plural precedents)
- An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future.
- 1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
- Examples for cases can but direct as precedents only.
- (law) A decided case which is cited or used as an example to justify a judgment in a subsequent case.
- An established habit or custom.
- (obsolete, with definite article) The aforementioned (thing).
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:, New York 2001, p.74:
- A third argument may be derived from the precedent.
- The previous version.
- (obsolete) A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.
- c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
- My Lord Melun, let this be copied out,
I did suppose it should be on constraint ;
And keep it safe for our remembrance :
But , heaven be thank'd , it is but voluntary ,
Return the precedent to these lords again
Coordinate terms
edit- (a case used as an example to justify a judgment in a subsequent one): case law
Derived terms
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Adjective
editprecedent (not comparable)
- Happening or taking place earlier in time; previous or preceding. [from 14th c.]
- Synonyms: antecedent, predecessive
- (now rare) Coming before in a particular order or arrangement; preceding, foregoing. [from 15th c.]
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition III, section 2, member 1, subsection i:
- In the precedent section mention was made, amongst other pleasant objects, of this comeliness and beauty which proceeds from women […].
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Verb
editprecedent (third-person singular simple present precedents, present participle precedenting, simple past and past participle precedented)
- (transitive, law) To provide precedents for.
- (transitive, law) To be a precedent for.
See also
editAnagrams
editCatalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin praecēdentem.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (Central) [pɾə.səˈðen]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [pɾə.səˈðent]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [pɾe.seˈðent]
Adjective
editprecedent m or f (masculine and feminine plural precedents)
Noun
editprecedent m (plural precedents)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “precedent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “precedent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “precedent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “precedent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech
editNoun
editprecedent m inan
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
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nominative | precedent | precedenty |
genitive | precedentu | precedentů |
dative | precedentu | precedentům |
accusative | precedent | precedenty |
vocative | precedente | precedenty |
locative | precedentu | precedentech |
instrumental | precedentem | precedenty |
Related terms
edit- See cese
Further reading
editDutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Middle French precedent. First attested in the 16th century.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editprecedent n (plural precedenten)
Derived terms
editOld French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin praecēdēns. Compare Middle French preceder.
Adjective
editprecedent m (oblique and nominative feminine singular precedent or precedente)
- preceding; that comes before
- 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine):
- Fievre ethique vient sans fievre precedente
- Ethical[?] fever comes without a preceding fever
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French précédent.
Noun
editprecedent n (plural precedenți)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) precedent | precedentul | (niște) precedenți | precedențile |
genitive/dative | (unui) precedent | precedentului | (unor) precedenți | precedenților |
vocative | precedentule | precedenților |
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