We found 43 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word precedent:
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 General (27 matching dictionaries)
- precedent: Compact Oxford English Dictionary [home, info]
- precedent: V2 Vocabulary Building Dictionary [home, info]
- precedent: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
- precedent: Encarta® World English Dictionary, North American Edition [home, info]
- precedent: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
- Precedent, precedent: Wordnik [home, info]
- precedent: Cambridge International Dictionary of English [home, info]
- Precedent: Wiktionary [home, info]
- precedent: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
- precedent: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
- precedent: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
- precedent: Dictionary.com [home, info]
- precedent (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
- precedent: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
- precedent: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
- Precedent: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
- Precedent: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
- precedent: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
- precedent: Rhymezone [home, info]
- precedent, precedent (het): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
- precedent: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
- precedent: Free Dictionary [home, info]
- precedent: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
- precedent: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
- precedent: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
- precedent: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]
- precedent: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations [home, info]
Business (12 matching dictionaries)
- precedent: Webster's New World Law Dictionary [home, info]
- Precedent: Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary [home, info]
- precedent: Law.com Dictionary [home, info]
- precedent: Everybody's Legal Dictionary [home, info]
- PRECEDENT: DS Dictionary [home, info]
- Precedent: THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM [home, info]
- precedent: Glossary of Legal Terms [home, info]
- precedent: Nelson Political Science Glossary [home, info]
- Precedent: International Law Dictionary [home, info]
- precedent: Legal dictionary [home, info]
- Precedent: Glossary of Labor & Legal Terminology [home, info]
- precedent: BusinessDictionary.com [home, info]
Computing (1 matching dictionary)
- precedent: Encyclopedia [home, info]
Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
- precedent: Medical dictionary [home, info]
Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
- precedent: Political [home, info]
- precedent: Idioms [home, info]
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Quick definitions (precedent)
▸ noun: an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time
▸ noun: a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time)
▸ noun: (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
▸ noun: a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws
▸ adjective: preceding in time, order, or significance
▸ U.S. pronunciation (credits)
▸ Word origin
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