Precedent definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary PRECE'DENT, a. Going before in time; anterior; antecedent; as precedent services; a precedent fault of the will. The world, or any part thereof, could not be precedent to the creation of man. A precedent condition, in law, is a condition which must happen or ... used to justify similar occurrences at a later time [syn: precedent, case in point] 2: (civil law) a law established ...
Condition precedent definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Precedent Pre*ced"ent, a. [L. praecedens, -entis, p. pr. of ... e]dent. See Precede.] Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent services. --Shak. ``A precedent injury.'' --Bacon. Condition precedent (Law), a condition which precede the vesting of an estate ...
... 13. Example is our preceptor before we can reason. 3. Precedent; a former instance. Buonaparte furnished many examples of successful bravery. 4. Precedent or former instance, in a bad sense, intended for caution ... thou an example of the believers. 1 Timothy 4. 6. Precedent which disposes to imitation. Example has more effect than precept ... parallel or closely similar case especially when serving as a precedent or model 5. an instance (as a problem to be ... 3. That which resembles or corresponds with something else; a precedent; a model. Such temperate order in so fierce a cause ... grammar, the principles and rules are illustrated by examples. Syn: Precedent; case; instance. Usage: Example, Instance. The discrimination to be ...
... definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary UNPREC'EDENTED, a. Having no precedent or example; not preceded by a like case; not having ... example. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: having no precedent; novel; "an unprecedented expansion in population and industry" [ant: precedented] Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 1623 having no precedent ; novel, unexampled • unprecedentedly adverb Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. 1 having no precedent; unparalleled. 2 novel. Derivatives: unprecedentedly adv. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Unprecedented Un*prec"e*dent*ed, a. Having no precedent or example; not preceded by a like case; not having ...
... law established by following earlier judicial decisions [syn: case law, precedent, common law] 2: a system of jurisprudence based on judicial ... applied in the United States" [syn: common law, case law, precedent] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 14th century the body of ... in England primarily from judicial decisions based on custom and precedent, unwritten in statute or code, and constituting the basis of ... general principles and that, embodied in case law, serves as precedent or is applied to situations not covered by statute. Under ...
... definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary PREC'EDENTED, a. Having a precedent; authorized by an example of a like kind. WordNet (r ... 2005) adj 1: having or supported or justified by a precedent [ant: unprecedented] Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. having or supported by a precedent. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Precedented Prec"e*dent*ed, a. Having a precedent; authorized or sanctioned by an example of a like kind ...
... he mean to say that just as God established a precedent in Adam's case that death should follow sin, so He acts upon this precedent in the case of all men because all sin, the ... fact that all sin, and the formal ground being this precedent (B. Weiss); nor that the real ground is this precedent and the subordinate ground the fact that all sin (Hunefeld ...
... PLED, a. Having no example or similar case; having no precedent; unprecedented; unparalleled; as the unexampled love and sufferings of our ... 3.0 (2005) adj 1: having no previous example or precedent or parallel; "a time of unexampled prosperity" [syn: new, unexampled ... unexampled passion — Jane Austen > Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. having no precedent or parallel. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Unexampled Un`ex*am ... pled, a. Having no example or similar case; being without precedent; unprecedented; unparalleled. ``A revolution . . . unexampled for grandeur of results.'' --De ...
... decision of a court) (2) a decision taken as a precedent (3) testimony c. an individual cited or appealed to as ... And on that high authority had believed.'' --Milton. (b) A precedent; a decision of a court, an official declaration, or an ... opinion, saying, or statement worthy to be taken as a precedent. (c) A book containing such a statement or opinion, or ...
... before Webster's 1913 Dictionary Prior Pri"or, a. First, precedent, or superior in the order of cognition, reason or generality ... of English Synonyms a. Former, preceding, earlier, previous, anterior, antecedent, precedent, foregoing, precursory. Moby Thesaurus ahead, ancient, antecedent, anterior, anticipatory, before ... last, late, latest, leading, old, olden, older, once, onetime, past, precedent, preceding, precessional, precurrent, precursory, preexistent, prefatory, prehistoric, preliminary, preludial, prelusive ...
... applied in the United States" [syn: common law, case law, precedent] 2: (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions [syn: case law, precedent, common law] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1861 law established ...
... And on that high authority had believed.'' --Milton. (b) A precedent; a decision of a court, an official declaration, or an ... opinion, saying, or statement worthy to be taken as a precedent. (c) A book containing such a statement or opinion, or ...
... suspensive attitude. --J. Morley. Suspensive condition (Scots Law), a condition precedent, or a condition without the performance of which the contract ... suspensive attitude. --J. Morley. Suspensive condition (Scots Law), a condition precedent, or a condition without the performance of which the contract ...