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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
template
blueprint
embodiment
ideal
quintessence
essence
leadership
direction
guidance
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
▲
A benchmark against which others of the same type are compared
yardstick
benchmark
standard
barometer
bar
criterion
measure
guideline
ideal
index
optimum
basis
indicator
mark
metric
model
rule
archetype
grade
guide
reference
test
touchstone
example
gageUS
gaugeUK
norm
average
convention
paradigm
principle
scale
specification
check
exemplar
hallmark
metreUK
meterUS
par
pattern
indication
perfection
sample
gold standard
point of reference
litmus test
last word
more ❯
Noun
▲
Representative occurrence
test case
acid test
crucial test
experiment
first case
first occurrence
Noun
▲
A prototype or archetype
protoplast
archetype
coinage
creation
exemplar
father
forerunner
invention
master
model
novelty
paradigm
pattern
precursor
prototype
type
original
standard
template
mouldUK
moldUS
source
real McCoy
genuine article
example
mock-up
antecedent
foregoer
granddaddy
predecessor
more ❯
Noun
▲
An organization having a particular purpose, especially one that is involved with science, education, or a specific profession
institute
establishment
institution
organisationUK
organizationUS
association
society
college
foundation
centerUS
centreUK
school
university
academy
body
fellowship
guild
conservatory
league
seminary
consortium
custom
law
rule
board
brotherhood
chamber
circle
club
congress
council
decree
doctrine
federation
fraternity
gild
group
maxim
order
principle
regulation
sodality
union
alliance
concern
corporation
dogma
edict
precept
tenet
centre of learning
convention
decretum
fixture
habit
ordinance
practice
prescript
rite
ritual
statute
tradition
seat of learning
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
penchant
proclivity
policy
bent
disposition
propensity
style
tendency
modus operandi
drill
system
proneness
more ❯
Noun
▲
An example that illustrates a point
case in point
case
example
illustration
instance
representative case
specimen
typical case
exemplar
exemplification
object lesson
occasion
occurrence
relevant instance
representative
sample
typical example
example in point
prototype
case history
proof
exponent
item
sampling
detail
situation
reason
particular
ground
time
classic
personification
byword
acme
apotheosis
perfection
beau ideal
perfect example
typification
stereotype
norm
avatar
definitive example
textbook example
last word
original
mouldUK
template
incarnation
picture
idea
form
height
ultimate
soul
pick
cream
jewel
best
gem
elite
flower
prime example
classic exemplar
moldUS
perfect specimen
zenith
prime
classic example
classic case
acme of perfection
criterion
benchmark
shining example
yardstick
representative example
mirror
more ❯
Noun
▲
Precedental law
case law
common law
decisional law
judge-made law
non-statutory law
precedential law
Noun
▲
One of a set of explicit or understood regulations or principles governing conduct or procedure
rule
regulation
order
ruling
law
canon
directive
ordinance
command
decree
dictum
direction
edict
instruction
precept
statute
act
commandment
guideline
mandate
prescription
pronouncement
requirement
stipulation
bylaw
criterion
dictate
guide
imperative
injunction
proclamation
fiat
pronunciamento
assize
brocard
decorum
etiquette
propriety
reg
by-law
ukase
no-no
court order
saying
working principle
motto
byword
teaching
action
dogma
preception
more ❯
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
mouldUK
moldUS
observation
type
kaupapa
sacred cow
unwritten law
unwritten rule
established way
way of doing things
more ❯
Noun
▲
An earlier model
predecessor
archetype
foregoer
original
precursor
prototype
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
ancestor
forerunner
antecedent
daddy
granddaddy
grandaddy
example
mock-up
paradigm
pattern
more ❯
Noun
▲
A person's ancestors or family and social background
antecedent
ancestor
family
predecessor
ancestry
descent
extraction
forebear
forefather
progenitor
stock
ancestors
genealogy
history
line
past
archetype
background
birth
blood
daddy
forebears
foregoer
forerunner
grandaddy
granddaddy
precursor
prototype
roots
filiation
forefathers
progenitors
record
stirps
tupuna
ascendant
ascendent
family tree
originator
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Existing or coming before in time or order
previous
preceding
foregoing
former
prior
antecedent
anterior
earlier
aforementioned
above
past
aforesaid
above-stated
erstwhile
above-mentioned
previously mentioned
prevenient
precursive
supra
sometime
precursory
old
quondam
whilom
one-time
ex-
other
onetime
as was
earlier mentioned
more ❯
“By those terms, the liability of the defendant depends upon the occurrence of a precedent event.”
Adverb
▲
Before an action or event
ahead
before
afore
already
antecedently
anteriorly
beforehand
earlier
formerly
preliminarily
previously
in front
onwards
advanced
advancing
ante
at the head
fore
foremost
precedently
preceding
previous
progressing
to the fore
at the fore
in advance
in the van
in the foreground
in the vanguard
in the lead
at an advantage
at the head of the queue
agone
gone
syne
in time gone by
sometime
theretofore
thus far
yet
as yet
to date
till now
up until now
now
bygone
at that instant
still
further back
erst
quondam
whilom
in one case
but once
one time
above
no longer
until this time
up to the present time
by now
up to this time
even now
from year one
till then
up until then
more ❯
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