precedent  /pr'ɛsɪdənt/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  precedent
  先例,前例(a.)在先的,在前的

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Precedent \Pre*ced"ent\, a. [L. praecedens, -entis, p. pr. of
     praecedere: cf. F. pr['e]c['e]dent. See {Precede}.]
     Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent
     services. --Shak. ``A precedent injury.'' --Bacon.
  
     {Condition precedent} (Law), a condition which precede the
        vesting of an estate, or the accruing of a right.

資料來源(3): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Precedent \Prec"e*dent\, n.
     1. Something done or said that may serve as an example to
        authorize a subsequent act of the same kind; an
        authoritative example.
  
              Examples for cases can but direct as precedents
              only.                                 --Hooker.
  
     2. A preceding circumstance or condition; an antecedent;
        hence, a prognostic; a token; a sign. [Obs.]
  
     3. A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished
        copy. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
     4. (Law) A judicial decision which serves as a rule for
        future determinations in similar or analogous cases; an
        authority to be followed in courts of justice; forms of
        proceeding to be followed in similar cases. --Wharton.
  
     Syn: Example; antecedent.
  
     Usage: {Precedent}, {Example}. An example in a similar case
            which may serve as a rule or guide, but has no
            authority out of itself. A precedent is something
            which comes down to us from the past with the sanction
            of usage and of common consent. We quote examples in
            literature, and precedents in law.

資料來源(4): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  precedent
       adj : preceding in time, order, or significance
       n 1: an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a
            later time [syn: {case in point}]
       2: (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial
          decisions [syn: {case law}, {common law}]
       3: a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents
          rather than statutory laws; "common law originated in the
          unwritten laws of England and was later applied in the
          United States" [syn: {common law}, {case law}]
       4: a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time)

資料來源(5): THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]

  PRECEDENT, n.  In Law, a previous decision, rule or practice which, in
  the absence of a definite statute, has whatever force and authority a
  Judge may choose to give it, thereby greatly simplifying his task of
  doing as he pleases.  As there are precedents for everything, he has
  only to ignore those that make against his interest and accentuate
  those in the line of his desire.  Invention of the precedent elevates
  the trial-at-law from the low estate of a fortuitous ordeal to the
  noble attitude of a dirigible arbitrament.
  
  

資料來源(6): THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]

  PRECEDENT, n.  In Law, a previous decision, rule or practice which, in
  the absence of a definite statute, has whatever force and authority a
  Judge may choose to give it, thereby greatly simplifying his task of
  doing as he pleases.  As there are precedents for everything, he has
  only to ignore those that make against his interest and accentuate
  those in the line of his desire.  Invention of the precedent elevates
  the trial-at-law from the low estate of a fortuitous ordeal to the
  noble attitude of a dirigible arbitrament.