Precedent



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 先例, 前例
• ［英］ n. 先例, 前例 ( something said or done that may serve as an example or rule)
• ［记］ pre ( 前) +cede ( 走) -> 走在前面

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin praecedent-, praecedens, present participle of praecedere
• Date: 15th century
• prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance

II. noun

• Date: 15th century
• 1. an earlier occurrence of something similar
• 2.
  • a. something done or said that may serve as an example or rule to authorize or justify a subsequent act of the same or an analogous kind <a verdict that had no precedent>
  • b. the convention established by such a precedent or by long practice
• 3. a person or thing that serves as a model

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