precedent

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• /pɹɪˈsiː.dənt/
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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: prĕsʹĭ-dənt
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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛs.ɪ.dənt/
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• Australian, Ireland: /ˈpɹiː.sɪ.dənt/
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• Australian, Ireland: /ˈpɹɛs-/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈpɹes.ɪ.dənt/
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• New-Zealand: /ˈpɹiː-/
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• CMU ARPABET: P R EH1 S IH0 D AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle French, from Old French, from Latin praecēdēns, present participle of praecēdere (“to precede”); See precede.

90 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bengali: সাবেক (śabek) — earlier in time
• Bulgarian: предишен (predišen) — earlier in time
• Bulgarian: предхождащ (predhoždašt) — earlier in time
• Finnish: edeltävä — earlier in time
• French: précédent — earlier in time
• Georgian: წინა (c̣ina) — earlier in time
• Georgian: წინამავალი (c̣inamavali) — earlier in time
• Georgian: წინამორბედი (c̣inamorbedi) — earlier in time
• Greek: προηγούμενος (proïgoúmenos) — earlier in time
• Italian: precedente — earlier in time
• Macedonian: пре́тходен (préthoden) — earlier in time
• Russian: предше́ствующий (predšéstvujuščij) — earlier in time
• Russian: предыду́щий (predydúščij) — earlier in time
• Spanish: precedente — earlier in time
• Tagalog: kasumundan — earlier in time
• Arabic: سَابِقَة (sābiqa) — past act used as example
• Asturian: precedente — past act used as example
• Belarusian: прэцэдэ́нт (precedént) — past act used as example
• Bulgarian: прецеде́нт (precedént) — past act used as example
• Catalan: precedent — past act used as example
• Chinese Mandarin: 實例 /实例 (shílì) — past act used as example
• Chinese Mandarin: 範例 /范例 (fànlì) — past act used as example
• Chinese Mandarin: 事例 (shìlì) — past act used as example
• Chinese Mandarin: 先例 (xiānlì) — past act used as example
• Chinese Mandarin: 前例 (qiánlì) — past act used as example
• Czech: precedens — past act used as example
• Czech: precedent — past act used as example
• Dutch: precedent — past act used as example
• Finnish: ennakkotapaus — past act used as example
• French: précédent — past act used as example
• Galician: precedente — past act used as example
• Georgian: პრეცედენტი (ṗrecedenṭi) — past act used as example
• German: Präzedenz — past act used as example
• German: Präzedenzfall — past act used as example
• Greek: προηγούμενο (proïgoúmeno) — past act used as example
• Hebrew: תַּקְדִּים (takdím) — past act used as example
• Hungarian: precedens — past act used as example
• Indonesian: preseden — past act used as example
• Italian: precedente — past act used as example
• Japanese: 先例 (senrei) — past act used as example
• Japanese: 前例 (zenrei) — past act used as example
• Korean: 사례 (sarye) — past act used as example
• Korean: 전례 (jeollye) — past act used as example
• Macedonian: преседа́н (presedán) — past act used as example
• Māori: tauira — past act used as example
• Norwegian Bokmål: presedens — past act used as example
• Norwegian Nynorsk: presedens — past act used as example
• Polish: precedens — past act used as example
• Portuguese: precedente — past act used as example
• Romanian: precedent — past act used as example
• Russian: прецеде́нт (precedént) — past act used as example
• Spanish: precedente — past act used as example
• Tagalog: kasumundan — past act used as example
• Turkish: emsal — past act used as example
• Turkish: teamül — past act used as example
• Ukrainian: прецеде́нт (precedént) — past act used as example
• Vietnamese: tiền lệ — past act used as example
• Bulgarian: прецедент (precedent) — leading case which is cited to justify a judgment
• Catalan: precedent — leading case which is cited to justify a judgment
• Chinese Mandarin: 判例 (pànlì) — leading case which is cited to justify a judgment
• Czech: precedens — leading case which is cited to justify a judgment
• Czech: judikát — leading case which is cited to justify a judgment
• Czech: judikatura — leading case which is cited to justify a judgment
• Dutch: jurisprudentie — leading case which is cited to justify a judgment
• Esperanto: precedento — leading case which is cited to justify a judgment
• Esperanto: precedenco — leading case which is cited to justify a judgment
• Finnish: ennakkotapaus — leading case which is cited to justify a judgment
• French: décision de principe — leading case which is cited to justify a judgment
• Galician: precedente — leading case which is cited to justify a judgment
• Georgian: პრეცედენტი (ṗrecedenṭi) — leading case which is cited to justify a judgment
• German: Präjudiz — leading case which is cited to justify a judgment
• German: Präzedenzfall — leading case which is cited to justify a judgment
• Greek: δεδικασμένο (dedikasméno) — leading case which is cited to justify a judgment
• Hebrew: תַּקְדִּים (takdím) — leading case which is cited to justify a judgment
• Hungarian: precedens — leading case which is cited to justify a judgment
• Indonesian: preseden — leading case which is cited to justify a judgment
• Italian: pregiudiziale — leading case which is cited to justify a judgment
• Japanese: 判例 (hanrei) — leading case which is cited to justify a judgment
• Korean: 판례 (pallye) — leading case which is cited to justify a judgment
• Macedonian: преседа́н (presedán) — leading case which is cited to justify a judgment
• Norwegian Bokmål: prejudikat — leading case which is cited to justify a judgment
• Norwegian Nynorsk: prejudikat — leading case which is cited to justify a judgment
• Polish: precedens — leading case which is cited to justify a judgment
• Portuguese: precedente — leading case which is cited to justify a judgment
• Russian: прецеде́нт (precedént) — leading case which is cited to justify a judgment
• Spanish: precedente — leading case which is cited to justify a judgment
• Swedish: prejudikat — leading case which is cited to justify a judgment
• Swedish: precedensfall — leading case which is cited to justify a judgment
• Turkish: içtihat — leading case which is cited to justify a judgment
• Vietnamese: án lệ — leading case which is cited to justify a judgment