Clues for the word "PRECEDENT"
We've had 12 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 14 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on December 18, 2024.
Definition of precedent
- a. - Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent services.
- n. - Something done or said that may serve as an example to authorize a subsequent act of the same kind; an authoritative example.
- n. - A preceding circumstance or condition; an antecedent; hence, a prognostic; a token; a sign.
- n. - A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.
- n. - A judicial decision which serves as a rule for future determinations in similar or analogous cases; an authority to be followed in courts of justice; forms of proceeding to be followed in similar cases.
Referring Clues
- Legal decision serving as an example
- Earlier case
- Previous instance (as justification)
- Previous example
- Past example to go in front of book
- Past instance serving as example
- Fall back north and point out justification
- Quiet about decent characters setting an example
- See 19
- Previous instance
- Lawyers make use of this garden, having crept slyly around
- Previous case
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - December 18, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - September 08, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - July 14, 2017
- Guardian Quiptic - January 06, 2014
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - April 07, 2012
- Guardian Speedy - September 25, 2011
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - February 21, 2011
- Guardian Quick - July 25, 2009
- Guardian Quiptic - August 20, 2007
- Guardian Speedy - March 18, 2007
- Guardian Quick - February 22, 2005
- Guardian Cryptic - August 19, 2004
- Guardian Cryptic - May 15, 2000
- Guardian Cryptic - January 25, 2000