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A set of explicit or understood regulations or principles governing conduct or procedure
Plural for an event or action that is regarded as an example or guide for subsequent circumstances
“He dreaded lest, in some future combination of circumstances, it might be adduced as a precedent for some fatal inroad on the constitution.”
Plural for the customary, habitual, or expected procedure or way of doing something
Plural for an example or single occurrence of something
Plural for binding legal decisions serving as precedents in a common law system
Plural for a precedent, experiment, or acid test used to evaluate functionality or determine validity
Plural for legal doctrine of following established judicial decisions
Plural for a traditional or accepted way of behaving, specific to a particular society, place, or time
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