Words and phrases that have a meaning related to precedent: (159 results)
Often used in the same context:
precedence, domino effect, rulings, caselaw, ramifications, stipulations, jurisprudence, justification, consequences, courts, precedential, repercussions, example, appellate court, scenario, timeline, dicta, timetable, guidelines, exclusionary rule, statutes, principle, norms, vacatur, de jure segregation, reverter, groundwork, prohibition, implications, standards, law, rationale, recision, strictures, preemption, litmus test, counterexample, precondition, dred scott, template, judgment, framework, regard, reargument, record, circumstances, lenity, carte blanche, outcome, inapplicability, presumption, sanction, nonjudicial foreclosure, landmark, irrevocability, overruling, overturning, restriction, analogy, jurisdiction, clauses, injunction, prejudgment, repugnancy, bylaws, indefiniteness, ripple effect, doctrine, tradition, arbitration clause, pyrrhic victory, context, ex post facto, guideposts, overreaching, polestar, recourse, expositor, disfavoring, conventional wisdom, timelines, nonoccurrence, conditions, paradigm, disincentive, majoritarianism, treaties, icj, yardstick, obiter dictum, tribunals, reasoning, prerogatives, obiter dicta, appeals court, pattern, legalities, outlier, regulations, provisions, authority, champerty, precedents, prototype, predecessor, antecedents, periodical, exemplars, warrant, authors, cf, codification, contemporary, forerunner, forerunners, plays, anti, commentaries, currency, examples, exemplar, experi, abovementioned, exercise, fable, note, sermon, letter, sonnet, discourse, pace, prior, problem, approval, clinical, cultural, dialogue, disclosure, life, lished, opinion
Appears in the definition of:
accepted, accession, higher law, new, precedented, precedentedly, test case, test suit, unexampled, unprecedented
More general:
civil law, illustration, instance, representative
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Also try:case in point, case law, common law, preceding
— Adjectives for precedent: historical, dangerous, legal, important, bad, judicial, ample, english, ancient, biblical, historic, more...
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