āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
precedent
/pÉšËÉsÉĒdÉnt/
Precedent
01
āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦāĻŦāϰā§āϤā§, āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§āϰ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
a topic or matter that has been previously discussed or addressed
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The team 's approach to problem-solving follows the precedent established in our earlier projects.
āϏāĻŽāϏā§āϝāĻž āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻĻāϞā§āϰ āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāĻāϞā§āĻĒāĻā§āϞāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠āĻ
āύā§āϏāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
02
āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻāύāĻž, āύāĻāĻŋāϰ
an earlier event, action, or decision that serves as a model or justification for similar situations in the future
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company 's decision created a precedent for handling future disputes.
āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāώā§āϝāϤā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰā§āϧāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻāĻžāϞāύāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āύāĻāĻŋāϰ āϤā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āĨ¤
03
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āύāĻāĻŋāϰ, āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
a legal principle or rule created by a previous court decision, used as a guide in deciding similar future cases
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
This ruling could become an important precedent for environmental law.
āĻāĻ āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļ āĻāĻāύā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āύāĻāĻŋāϰ āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
04
āύāĻāĻŋāϰ, āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦāϏā§āĻā§
a legal framework where principles and rulings from previous court decisions form the basis of law, rather than written statutes
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In precedent-based systems, judges interpret past rulings to resolve current disputes.
āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦāϏā§āϰāĻŋ-āĻāĻŋāϤā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰāĻāϰāĻž āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻŋāϰā§āϧ āύāĻŋāώā§āĻĒāϤā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§āϰ āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻā§āϞāĻŋāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤
precedent
01
āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦāĻŦāϰā§āϤā§, āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻā§āϤāύ
earlier in time, order, arrangement, or significance, often serving as an example or rule to be followed in the future
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The precedent events of the previous year influenced their current strategy.
āĻāϤ āĻŦāĻāϰā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻāύāĻžāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻā§āĻļāϞāĻā§ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
precedential
precedent
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