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Noun
An event or action that is regarded as an example or guide for subsequent circumstances
Representative occurrence
(
obsolete
)
That which is instituted, established, or fixed, such as a law or rule
Customary or habitual usage
Precedental law
Something that precedes another thing or person
A traditional or accepted way of behaving, specific to a particular society, place, or time
Adjective
Existing or coming before in time or order
… more ▼
▲
Noun
▲
An event or action that is regarded as an example or guide for subsequent circumstances
model
example
pattern
exemplar
paradigm
authority
guide
standard
prototype
lead
criterion
instance
antecedent
yardstick
practice
previous case
previous instance
prior case
prior example
prior instance
previous example
archetype
norm
touchstone
ideal
measure
benchmark
guideline
blueprint
gauge
UK
gage
US
template
basis
sample
barometer
bar
illustration
point of reference
mark
reference
metric
embodiment
indicator
grade
paragon
test
quintessence
essence
par
specification
scale
check
representative case
gold standard
master
litmus test
epitome
rule
specimen
formula
exemplification
convention
principle
case
canon
hallmark
occurrence
occasion
indication
representative
baseline
sampling
exponent
original
situation
guiding principle
type
typical case
precursor
case history
case in point
forerunner
design
leadership
direction
guidance
index
optimum
inspiration
standard of excellence
lodestar
diagnostic
control
beau ideal
average
reference point
meter
US
metre
UK
perfection
guiding spirit
protoplast
father
invention
representation
last word
exhibit
portrayal
demonstration
expression
exposition
manifestation
exhibition
item
variety
symbol
evidence
image
portrait
copy
parallel case
source
pioneer
stereotype
icon
trailblazer
classic
torchbearer
role model
proof
detail
apotheosis
genuine article
mold
US
real McCoy
mould
UK
law
foundation
point of comparison
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mirror
target
clue
mean
marker
median
level
rule of thumb
beacon
classic example
frame of reference
standard of comparison
referral
measurement
medium
measuring stick
custom
ensample
tradition
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sign
best practice
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required standard
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omen
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bellwether
zenith
polestar
focus
cynosure
luminary
compass
eidolon
perfect example
definitive example
classic case
guide to
aim
guiding light
instruction
procedure
guiding star
game plan
advice
protocol
suggestion
avatar
proposal
exemplary
prescription
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typical example
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textbook example
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representative example
recommendation
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key
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code
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more ❯
“He dreaded lest, in some future combination of circumstances, it might be adduced as a
precedent
for some fatal inroad on the constitution.”
Noun
▲
Representative occurrence
test case
acid test
crucial test
experiment
first case
first occurrence
Noun
▲
(
obsolete
)
That which is instituted, established, or fixed, such as a law or rule
institute
rule
decree
doctrine
edict
law
maxim
regulation
statute
tenet
convention
decretum
ordinance
precept
principle
custom
prescript
dogma
ruling
command
criterion
dictum
directive
injunction
dictate
prescription
guideline
mandate
stipulation
proclamation
instruction
order
resolution
covenant
measure
code
formula
act
canon
motion
commandment
direction
credo
creed
pronouncement
requirement
fiat
guide
bylaw
pronunciamento
assize
reg
ukase
by-law
due process
bill
enactment
demand
constitution
promulgation
belief
ratification
standard
ethic
decalogue
diktat
practice
fundamental
foundation
charge
postulate
writ
cause
notice
axiom
reason
equity
behest
warrant
divestiture
proposal
garnishment
generalization
US
decision
generalisation
UK
mitzvah
bidding
exigency
ground
principium
proposition
truth
caveat
base
kaupapa
imperative
no-no
propriety
decorum
brocard
court order
etiquette
rescript
word
declaration
judgement
UK
judgment
US
do
announcement
legislation
decretal
say-so
verdict
statement
manifesto
bull
recommendation
ground rule
summons
conclusion
finding
result
adjudication
assertion
request
firman
irade
call
briefing
ipse dixit
norm
guidelines
laws
subpoena
body of law
arbitration
sentence
determination
memorandum
communication
publication
memo
exhortation
will
ultimatum
findings
authorization
US
authorisation
UK
broadcast
resolve
outcome
hest
legal code
enjoinment
public statement
amendment
clause
saying
working principle
motto
byword
sanction
desire
standing order
common
preception
action
teaching
insistence
wish
guidance
affirmation
advice
message
suggestion
prompting
solicitation
modus operandi
guiding principle
charging
say
code of laws
exemplar
model
pattern
yardstick
point of departure
information
moral law
requisition
local law
the word
imposition
benchmark
Act of Parliament
commitment
the riot act
obligation
mainstream
expressed desire
ordering
exaction
dictation
adjuration
interdiction
notification
devoir
touchstone
piece of legislation
legislative document
instrument
programme
UK
bulletin
policy
program
US
deliverance
adjudgement
settlement
diagnosis
dispatch
report
advisory
results
arbitrament
document
article
acts
rules
rulings
bills
enactments
lawmaking
charters
regulations
statutes
policy statement
evaluation
agreement
assessment
adjustment
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arrangement
accord
accommodation
public notice
jurisprudence
charter
ordinances
measures
codification
doom
holding
lawgiving
legislature
end
body of laws
award
more ❯
Noun
▲
Customary or habitual usage
usance
practice
manner
habit
usage
praxis
habitude
addiction
characteristic
consuetude
fashion
form
grind
groove
mode
observance
procedure
proprieties
routine
rule
shot
swim
thing
trick
use
way
wont
into
hang-up
beaten path
daily grind
matter of course
second nature
ordinariness
prevalence
normalcy
p
customariness
normality
pattern
practise
ritual
custom
habitualness
tradition
convention
method
policy
rite
ceremony
formality
modus operandi
system
ceremonial
tikanga
style
solemnity
protocol
norm
institution
process
formula
mores
idiosyncrasy
mannerism
peculiarity
trait
conduct
behaviour
UK
oddity
law
office
tendency
propensity
ordinance
disposition
proneness
liturgy
convenance
proceeding
behavior
US
regulation
pomp
repetition
drill
service
sacrament
familiarity
celebration
phenomenon
notion
idea
pageantry
penchant
bent
proclivity
assuetude
fact
concept
set
rut
quirk
personality
nature
fixed attitude
festival
act
attribute
etiquette
temperament
order
benchmark
barometer
eccentricity
foible
crotchet
aptness
character
rubric
heritage
prescription
condition
yardstick
moeurs
erraticism
quip
tic
curiosity
kink
twist
individualism
singularity
quiddity
modus vivendi
treatment
course
currency
rote
guideline
regime
order of things
standard
par
belief
manners
rules
decency
approach
social practice
propriety
how
decorum
tack
tactics
recipe
technique
regimen
strategy
methodology
doctrine
culture
principle
precept
canon
by the numbers
by the book
right practice
kawa
channels
ropes
do's and don'ts
set formula
done thing
setup
birthright
fable
customs
established practice
ethics
ethic
wisdom
social convention
usefulness
utility
usual procedure
best practice
more ❯
Noun
▲
Precedental law
case law
common law
decisional law
judge-made law
non-statutory law
precedential law
Noun
▲
Something that precedes another thing or person
predecessor
original
archetype
antecedent
forerunner
prototype
foregoer
precursor
earlier model
earlier version
initial model
initial version
legacy model
legacy version
original model
original version
past model
past version
previous model
previous version
prior model
prior version
daddy
granddaddy
grandaddy
ancestor
antecessor
forebear
progenitor
forefather
pioneer
originator
father
parent
trailblazer
foundation
forebearer
primogenitor
author
initiator
relative
Noun
▲
A traditional or accepted way of behaving, specific to a particular society, place, or time
custom
convention
tradition
practice
form
ritual
usage
fashion
formality
observance
rule
way
ceremony
manner
mode
norm
policy
praxis
procedure
proprieties
etiquette
heritage
mores
ordinance
prescription
rubric
style
consuetude
conventionalism
dictates
rite
system
canon
customariness
design
folkways
institution
precept
shibboleth
vogue
attitude
character
method
mould
UK
mold
US
observation
type
kaupapa
sacred cow
unwritten law
unwritten rule
established way
way of doing things
social norm
routine
habit
formula
ceremonial
protocol
liturgy
solemnity
technique
modus operandi
service
approach
celebration
process
methodology
sacrament
wont
office
pattern
tack
recipe
strategy
principle
act
regulation
plan
course
performance
means
worship
order
standard
proceeding
tactics
tenet
tikanga
Sacrament
communion
regimen
how
normality
channels
normalcy
line
red tape
mystery
law
modus
belief
propriety
doctrine
use
order of things
par
exercise
setup
mechanism
measure
formal procedure
scheme
programme
UK
program
US
operation
mass
nuts and bolts
course of action
conventionality
benchmark
barometer
yardstick
moeurs
condition
prescript
blueprint
idea
guideline
culture
behaviour
UK
rote
customs
kawa
accepted behaviour
average
decorum
rules
behavior
US
conduct
vein
dogma
arrangement
route
tactic
action
theory
medium
orthodoxy
accepted view
line of action
matter of course
prevailing attitude
accepted belief
line of attack
the book
practise
festival
occasion
pomp
rituality
notion
phenomenon
common
normal
fact
concept
social custom
services
code
lore
habitude
treatment
currency
regime
trick
societal norm
cultural norm
pageantry
commemoration
show
solemnities
formulation
behavioral norm
folklore
punctilio
parade
function
decree
vow
baptism
confirmation
matrimony
marriage
confession
oath
formal courtesy
political correctness
dictate
manners
past
history
background
edict
statute
maxim
birthright
ethics
wisdom
fable
ethic
decency
social practice
historical convention
road
holy orders
ways and means
modality
schema
tenor
wrinkle
how-to
method of working
attack
established practice
convenance
ropes
religious ceremony
form of worship
church service
decretum
mainstream
framework
regularity
right practice
set formula
done thing
oral history
set of procedures
logical order
logical process
frame of reference
orderly process
set of principles
set of guidelines
artifice
set of channels
fixed order
systematic process
by the book
by the numbers
lockstep
cultus
schedule
teaching
creed
criterion
do's and don'ts
institute
practical
model
touchstone
view
conviction
credo
opinion
state
quality
gauge
UK
genre
posture
wise
book
kind
sort
exemplar
religion
received wisdom
article of faith
faith
guide
measures
steps
mean
stratagem
path
step
workflow
gage
US
agenda
transaction
drill
median
basis
maneuver
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agendum
series of steps
manoeuvre
UK
angle
move
scale
oral code
law of the land
plan of action
standard operating procedure
game plan
the numbers
set of tactics
master plan
road map
SOP
MO
grand design
point of reference
litmus test
exercising
implementation
discipline
carrying out
activity
putting into practice
fulfilment
UK
enactment
play
exertion
enjoyment
pursuit
accomplishment
employment
application
fulfillment
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more ❯
Adjective
▲
Existing or coming before in time or order
previous
preceding
foregoing
former
prior
antecedent
anterior
earlier
past
aforementioned
above
erstwhile
aforesaid
above-stated
prevenient
supra
previously mentioned
sometime
quondam
old
whilom
onetime
above-mentioned
precursive
one-time
ex-
as was
earlier mentioned
late
precursory
once
other
aforenamed
said
forenamed
formerly mentioned
preliminary
preexistent
before
previously described
bygone
pre-existing
older
ci-devant
historical
ancient history
in the olden days
latter-day
ages ago
gone-by
way back
back when
in the good old days
down memory lane
way back when
beginning
introductory
defunct
identical
recent
advance
early
preparatory
ancient
long-ago
olden
initial
forward
behind one
retired
bypast
preexisting
ahead
pre-existent
selfsame
abovementioned
last
ex
same
mentioned
abovesaid
said earlier
prior mentioned
mentioned earlier
spoken of earlier
forerunning
head
aforeknown
front
one time
ahead of
old-time
of old
of yore
then
long-gone
archaic
antiquated
dated
outmoded
out-of-date
latter
forgotten
done
extinct
dead
old-fashioned
expired
obsolete
vanished
worn-out
antique
oldfangled
lost
passé
out of date
at the time
first
once upon a time
lapsed
latest
outdated
redundant
unremembered
outworn
superseded
unrecalled
of an earlier time
of a former period
lost and gone
lost in time
consigned to oblivion
aged
historic
moth-eaten
relic
remote
stale
primeval
US
primordial
old as the hills
decayed
traditional
old as Methuselah
unoriginal
primitive
immemorial
pristine
timeworn
superannuated
time-worn
rusty
antediluvian
unfashionable
hackneyed
demode
aboriginal
original
cast-off
hoary
venerable
age-old
crumbling
primaeval
UK
gone
departed
finished
nonextant
completed
foregone
forepassed
gone by
sunk in oblivion
most recent
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“By those terms, the liability of the defendant depends upon the occurrence of a
precedent
event.”
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