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Definition of Precedents
1. precedent [n] - See also: precedent
Lexicographical Neighbors of Precedents
Literary usage of Precedents
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Nature and Sources of the Law by John Chipman Gray, Roland Gray (1921)
"precedents THE second source of the Law. that is. of the rules by which the courts
govern their action, is to be found in precedents. ..."
2. Construction Construed, and Constitutions Vindicated by John Taylor (1820)
"This remark must either furnish the conclusion, that precedents may change the
federal constitution, or it has no weight. As it was intended to have weight, ..."
3. A Historical Account of the Neutrality of Great Britain During the American by Mountague Bernard (1870)
"Earlier American precedents. In the course of the correspondence between the two
Governments reference was frequently made to some passages in the earlier ..."
4. The Publications of the Selden Society by Selden Society (1891)
"... than with the jurisdictional aspects of manorial affairs, tracts setting forth
the duties of bailiffs and reeves, and precedents for manorial accounts. ..."
5. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1790)
"Original precedents in ... to doubt the authenticity of the precedents contained
in this collection. To molt of them are annexed the names of the ..."
6. A Treatise on the Principles of Pleading in Civil Actions: Comprising a by Henry John Stephen (1894)
"Pleadings should observe the known and ancient forms of expression,as contained
in approved precedents. (6)1 Thus, so long ago as in the time of Bracton, ..."
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