Definizione monolingua

precedent

precedent (third-person singular simple present precedents, present participle precedenting, simple past and past participle precedented)

1. (transitive, law) To provide precedents for.
2. (transitive, law) To be a precedent for.

precedent (plural precedents)

1. An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future.
2. (law) A decided case which is cited or used as an example to justify a judgment in a subsequent case.
3. (obsolete, with definite article) The aforementioned (thing).
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York 2001, p. 74:

     A third argument may be derived from the precedent.

4. The previous version.

precedent (not comparable)

1. Happening or taking place earlier in time; previous or preceding.

Definizione dizionario precedent

	precedente
	past act used as example
	prior judgment in law
	earlier in time
	A cell that is referred to by a formula in another cell. For example, if cell D10 contains the formula =B5, cell B5 is a precedent to cell D10.
	Caso giuridico che istituisce un principio o una regola che un giudice potrebbe adottare quando si decide su casi successivi con problemi o fatti analoghi.
	A legal case establishing a principle or rule that a court may need to adopt when deciding subsequent cases with similar issues or facts.

antecedente

predecessore

Altri significati:

(judicial) precedent

(law) A decided case which is cited or used as an example to justify a judgment in a subsequent case.

(obsolete, with definite article) The aforementioned (thing).

(transitive, law) To provide precedents for.

(transitive, law) To be a precedent for.

Happening or taking place earlier in time; previous or preceding.

The previous version.

An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future.