precedent
pre
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pre
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sÉĒ
si
dent
dənt
dēnt
/pɹˈɛsÉĒdənt/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "precedent"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀, āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇āϰ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ

a topic or matter that has been previously discussed or addressed
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The team 's approach to problem-solving follows the precedent established in our earlier projects.
āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āϘāϟāύāĻž, āύāϜāĻŋāϰ

an earlier event, action, or decision that serves as a model or justification for similar situations in the future
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company 's decision created a precedent for handling future disputes.
āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āϝāϤ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāύāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāϜāĻŋāϰ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāϜāĻŋāϰ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ• āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ

a legal principle or rule created by a previous court decision, used as a guide in deciding similar future cases
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
This ruling could become an important precedent for environmental law.
āĻāχ āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āφāχāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āύāϜāĻŋāϰ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āύāϜāĻŋāϰ, āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāϏ⧂āĻšā§€

a legal framework where principles and rulings from previous court decisions form the basis of law, rather than written statutes
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In precedent-based systems, judges interpret past rulings to resolve current disputes.
āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāϏ⧂āϰāĻŋ-āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰāĻ•āϰāĻž āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦ⧇āϰ āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀, āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤāύ

earlier in time, order, arrangement, or significance, often serving as an example or rule to be followed in the future
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The precedent events of the previous year influenced their current strategy.
āĻ—āϤ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āϘāϟāύāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞāϕ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ­āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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