precedent
precedent is a 9-letter English word with 10 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent services. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent services.
- noun. Something done or said that may serve as an example to authorize a subsequent act of the same kind; an authoritative example.
- noun. A preceding circumstance or condition; an antecedent; hence, a prognostic; a token; a sign.
- noun. A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.
- noun. A judicial decision which serves as a rule for future determinations in similar or analogous cases; an authority to be followed in courts of justice; forms of proceeding to be followed in similar cases.
- noun. an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time
- noun. (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
- noun. a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time)
- noun. a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws
"common law originated in the unwritten laws of England and was later applied in the United States"
- adjective. preceding in time, order, or significance
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in precedent:
Common word forms
precedents, precedented, precedently, precedentable, precedentless
Words from these letters
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