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Word: precedent
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Meaning:
Adjective:
- Happening or taking place earlier in time; previous or preceding.
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Noun:
- An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future.
- obsolete|with definite article The aforementioned (thing).
- legal A decided case which is cited or used as an example to justify a judgment in a subsequent case.
- The previous version.
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