precedent
21PRÉCÉDENT — ENTE. adj. Qui précède, qui est immédiatement avant. Il se dit ordinairement par rapport au temps. Le jour précédent. Je vous ai écrit par le courrier précédent. Sous le règne précédent. Dans l assemblée précédente. Cette clause était portée dans …
22precedent — n. 1) to create, establish, set a precedent 2) to cite a precedent 3) to break (a) precedent 4) a precedent for * * * [ presɪd(ə)nt] establish set a precedent a precedent for to break (a) precedent to cite a precedent to create …
23precedent — noun 1 (C) an action or official decision which can be used to give legal support to later actions or decisions: set/create a precedent: The invasion of Panama set a dangerous precedent. 2 (C, U) something of the same type that has happened or… …
24precedent — precedentless, adj. n. /pres i deuhnt/; adj. /pri seed nt, pres i deuhnt/, n. 1. Law. a legal decision or form of proceeding serving as an authoritative rule or pattern in future similar or analogous cases. 2. any act, decision, or case that… …
25precedent — precedence, precedent In BrE, both words are pronounced with the stress on the first syllable, but in AmE the stress is sometimes put on the second, as it is in precede. Precedence means ‘priority in time, order, or importance’, whereas a… …
26precedent — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin praecedent , praecedens, present participle of praecedere Date: 15th century prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance II. noun Date: 15th century 1. an earlier… …
27precedent — 1. noun /pɹiˈsiː.dənt,ˈpɹɛs.ɪ.dənt/ a) An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future. A third argument may be derived from the precedent. b) A decided case which is cited or used… …
28precedent — [[t]pre̱sɪdənt[/t]] precedents N VAR: oft N for n If there is a precedent for an action or event, it has happened before, and this can be regarded as an argument for doing it again. [FORMAL] The trial could set an important precedent for dealing… …
29precedènt — ênta in énta m (ȅ é, ẹ) knjiž. ravnanje, postopek kot zgled, potrdilo za (poznejša) podobna ravnanja, postopke: ne upoštevati precedentov / zgodovinski precedent ♦ jur. sodni precedent v anglosaškem pravu sodba višjega sodišča, splošno obvezna… …
30precedent — See precedence, precedent …
