Precedent

Definition: Precedent

Precedent

Adjective

1. Preceding in time, order, or significance.

Noun

1. An example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time.

2. (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions.

3. A subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time).

Date "precedent" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Domain	Definition
Satire	PRECEDENT, n. In Law, a previous decision, rule or practice which, in the absence of a definite statute, has whatever force and authority a Judge may choose to give it, thereby greatly simplifying his task of doing as he pleases. As there are precedents for everything, he has only to ignore those that make against his interest and accentuate those in the line of his desire. Invention of the precedent elevates the trial-at-law from the low estate of a fortuitous ordeal to the noble attitude of a dirigible arbitrament. PRECIPITATE, adj. Anteprandial. Precipitate in all, this sinner Took action first, and then his dinner. Judibras PRECEDENT, n. In Law, a previous decision, rule or practice which, in the absence of a definite statute, has whatever force and authority a Judge may choose to give it, thereby greatly simplifying his task of doing as he pleases. As there are precedents for everything, he has only to ignore those that make against his interest and accent. Source: Devil's Dictionary.
Law	A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Precedent is the principle in law of using the past in order to assist in current interpretation and decision-making. Precedent can be of two types. Binding or mandatory precedent is a precedent under the doctrine of stare decisis that a court must consider when deciding a case. Advisory precedent are cases which a court may use but is not required to use to decide its cases. In general, binding precedent involves decisions made by a higher court in a common law jurisdiction.

Precedent in law can also be divided into custom and case law.

Long-held custom which has traditionally been recognized by courts and judges is the first kind of precedent. Custom can be so deeply entrenched in the society at large that it gains the force of law. There need never have been a specific case decided on the same or similar issues in order for a court to take notice of customary or traditional precedent in its deliberations.

The other type of precedent is case law. This type of precedent is granted more or less weight in the deliberations of a court according to a number of factors. Most important is whether the precedent is "on point," that is, does it deal with a circumstance identical or very similar to the circumstance in the instant case? Second, when and where was the precedent decided? A recent decision in the same jurisdiction as the instant case will be given great weight. Next in descending order would be recent precedent in jurisdictions whose law is the same as local law. Least weight would be given to precedent which stems from dissimilar circumstances, older cases which have since been contradicted, or cases in jurisdictions which have dissimilar law.

Precedents viewed against passing time can serve to establish trends, thus indicating the next logical step in evolving interpetations of the law. For instance, if women have been enjoying greater and greater equality under the law, then the next legal decision on that subject may serve to bring still greater equality.

Synonyms: Precedent

Synonyms: case in point (n), case law (n), common law (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Conformity	Exemplify, illustrate, cite, quote, quote precedent, quote authority, appeal to authority, put a case; produce an instance; Noun: elucidate, explain.
Frequency	Regularity, uniformity, constancy, clock-work precision; punctuality; (exactness); even tenor; system; routine; (custom); formula; rule; (form, regulation); keynote, standard, model; precedent; (prototype); conformity.
Impulse	Rule, standing order, precedent, routine; red-tape, red-tapism; pipe clay; rut, groove.
Lawsuit	Case; decision, precedent; decided case, reports (legal reference works, see reference books).
Precedence	Adjective: preceding; Verb: precedent, antecedent; anterior; prior; before; former; foregoing; beforementioned, abovementioned, aforementioned; aforesaid, said; precursory, precursive; prevenient, preliminary, prefatory, introductory; prelusive, prelusory; proemial, preparatory.
Precession	Adjective: leading, precedent; Verb:
Precursor	Phrase: "a precedent embalms a principle".
	Noun: precursor, antecedent, precedent, predecessor; forerunner, vancourier, avant-coureur, pioneer, prodrome, prodromos, prodromus, outrider; leader, bellwether; herald, harbinger; foreboding; dawn; avant-courier, avant-garde, bellmare, forelooper, foreloper, stalking-horse, voorlooper, voortrekker.
	Adjective: precursory; prelusive, prelusory, preludious; proemial, introductory, prefatory, prodromous, inaugural, preliminary; precedent; (prior).
Preparation	Precautionary, provident; preparative, preparatory; provisional, inchoate, under revision; preliminary; (precedent).
Priority	Adjective: prior, previous; preceding, precedent; anterior, antecedent; pre-existing, pre-existent; former, foregoing; aforementioned, before-mentioned, abovementioned; aforesaid, said; introductory; (precursory).
Prototype	Verb: be an example, be a role model, set an example; set a copy. Phrase: a precedent embalms a principle; exempla sunt odiosa.
	Noun: prototype, original, model, pattern, precedent, standard, ideal, reference, scantling, type; archetype, antitype; protoplast, module, exemplar, example, ensample, paradigm; lay-figure.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Precedent

English words defined with "precedent": higher law ♦ new ♦ precedented, precedentedly, Prejudication ♦ test case, test suit ♦ unexampled, unprecedented. (references)

Specialty definitions using "precedent": appeals board referee ♦ COMMISSIONER OF CONCILIATION, CONTACT REPRESENTATIVE ♦ Erythema Induratum, executive ♦ hacked off ♦ Lesbian Rule ♦ PRE, Pre- ♦ SUPERVISOR, METALLURGICAL-AND-QUALITY-CONTROL-TESTING ♦ YA-. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Precedent" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Albanian (precession, priority), Romanian (above, example, foregoing, last, precedent, preceding, previous, prior).

Domain

Usage

Screenplays

There's precedent. (Gilmore Girls; writing credit: Povl Erik Carstensen; Sebastian Dorset)

But there is no legality here, and certainly no precedent. (1776; writing credit: Sherman Edwards; Peter Stone)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Majority Rule or Minority Will : Adherence to Precedent on the U.S. Supreme Court (reference) Stare Indecisis : The Alteration of Precedent on the Supreme Court, 1946-1992 (reference) A Matter of Convenience: Which Occasionally Takes Precedent over Veterans' Rights (reference) The Spanish Crown and the Defense of the Caribbean, 1535-1585: Precedent, Patrimonialism, and Royal Parsimony (reference) Stare Indecisis : The Alteration of Precedent on the Vinson, Warren, Burger and Rehnquist Courts (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Dangerous Precedent (reference) Funky Precedent (reference) The Funky Precedent, Vol. 2 (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods	Chicago Cutlery Precedent Block Set (7-pc.) (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
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Author	Quotation
Benjamin Disraeli	A precedent embalms a principle.
Caius Cornelius Tacitus	What is this day supported by precedents will hereafter become a precedent.
Elbert Hubbard	Genius is the ability to act rightly without precedent -- the power to do the right thing the first time.
Junius	One precedent creates another and they soon accumulate and constitute law. What yesterday was a fact, today is doctrine.
Tacitus	All things now held to be old were once new. What today we hold up by example, will rank hereafter as precedent.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
John Locke	1690	But if either these illegal acts have extended to the majority of the people; or if the mischief and oppression has lighted only on some few, but in such cases, as the precedent, and consequences seem to threaten all; and they are persuaded in their consciences, that their laws, and with them their estates, liberties, and lives are in danger, and perhaps their religion too; how they will be hindered from resisting illegal force, used against them, I cannot tell. (Second Treatise of Government)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		Due to deteriorating market conditions and crisis of the financial sector (absence of free exchange), there is no precedent of the U.S. bank fully operating in Uzbekistan. (references)
Civil Liberties	Czech Republic	In 2000 President Havel had pardoned the two, but had insisted that investigators and prosecutors continue their work in an attempt to establish a legal precedent. (references)
	Switzerland	The Supreme Court ruling in the Zurich case was expected to set a precedent for this case as well. (references)
Economic History	Vietnam	With this body of precedent, licensing arrangements can certainly be considered in this market. (references)
Human Rights	Australia	In June the Australian Council of Civil Liberties urged a review of the mandatory detention procedures for unlawful arrivals in effect since 1994, asserting a lack of international precedent for detaining asylum seekers and a need for independent oversight of the facilities. (references)
Minorities	Israel and the occupied territories	In October after the expiration of the most recent extension, under instructions from the Sharon government, the State Prosecutor's Office submitted an affidavit to the High Court asking it to reject the villagers' appeal, stating that the Government had legally appropriated the land and that the precedent of returning displaced persons to their villages would be used for propaganda and political purposes by the Palestinian Authority. (references)
Political Economy	AUSTRIA	The government broke precedent by not consulting with the social partner institutions on important economic policy decisions such as social benefits reform and balancing the budget. (references)
Worker Rights	Belize	Both law and precedent effectively protect unions against dissolution or suspension by administrative authority. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	PRE-:ADAMITE:, n. One of an experimental and apparently unsatisfactory race of antedated Creation and lived under conditions not easily conceived. Melsius believed them to have inhabited "the Void" and to have been something intermediate between fishes and birds. Little its known of them beyond the fact that they supplied Cain with a wife and theologians with a controversy. PRECEDENT, n. In Law, a previous decision, rule or pr
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Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
George Washington	1789-1797	The precedent must always greatly overbalance in permanent evil any partial or transient benefit which the use can at any time yield.
James Madison	1809-1817	This duty is precedent, both in order of time and in degree of obligation, to the claims of Civil Society.
Abraham Lincoln	1861-1865	Yet, with all this scope of precedent, I now enter upon the same task for the brief constitutional term of four years under great and peculiar difficulty.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Precedent" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 92.79% of the time. "Precedent" is used about 416 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	92.79%	386	14,302
Adjective (general or positive)	5.53%	23	72,767
Noun (proper)	1.44%	6	143,867
Noun (common)	0.24%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	416	N/A

Expressions using "precedent": a precedent embalms a principle ♦ condition precedent ♦ condition precedent of the policy ♦ condition precedent to liability ♦ set a precedent ♦ thing without precedent. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "precedent": precedent-setting.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "precedent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏متقدم (advanced, antecedent, forward, in progress, preceding, previous, proceeding), ‏سابقة (example), ‏سابق الزمان, ‏السابقة. (various references)

Bulgarian		прецедент (judge-made law), предходен, предшествуващ (aforegoing, antecedent, anterior, foregoing, precursory, previous, prior), предишен (former, late, old, preceding, previous, quondam, whilom). (various references)

Chinese		先例 (antecedent). (various references)

Czech		precedens, předchozí případ, předchozí (previous). (various references)

Danish		policens betingelsespræcedens (condition precedent of the policy), udsættende betingelse (condition precedent), suspensiv betingelse (condition precedent), betingelse som ophæver ansvar (condition precedent to liability), ændre retspraksis (reversal of precedent). (various references)

Dutch		verandering van jurisprudentie (reversal of precedent), opschortende voorwaarde (condition precedent), opschortende polisvoorwaarde (condition precedent of the policy), opschortende aansprakelijkheidsvoorwaarden (condition precedent to liability). (various references)

Finnish		ennakkotapaus. (various references)

French		précédent (precede, preceding, previous, prior). (various references)

German		präzedenzfall. (various references)

Greek		προηγούμενο. (various references)

Hebrew		תק�"ים, ב� ין אב (basic rule, basis, cause, origin). (various references)

Hungarian		precedens (example), példa (ex, example, exemplar, instance, object lesson, pattern), irányadó eset. (various references)

Italian		precedente (foregoing, former, late, preceding, previous, prior, record, sometime). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		事例 (example), 慣例 (custom, of convention), 例 (case, custom, example, experience, illustration, instance, parallel, usage), 前蹤 , 前例 , 先例 , 件 (case, example, in question, item, matter, the above-mentioned, the said, the usual), 儀範 (model), 判例 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ぎは�" (model, pirated edition), ためし (case, custom, example, experience, illustration, instance, parallel, test, trial, usage), ぜ�"しょう (bedrock, burned down, complete victory, entirely destroyed, magma, outpost, previous existence, prior chapter, reef), ぜ�"れい (one's whole soul, spirit of goodness), く� �" (example, in question, the above-mentioned, the said, the usual), せ�"れい (age of a vessel, baptism, bright, gorgeous, resplendent beauty, vivid), か�"れい (chilliness, cold, coldness, considering old precedents, custom, of convention, the Hakone Mountains, warship's age), れい (actor, case, cold, command, companion, cool, custom, departed soul, dictation, example, experience, expression of gratitude, ghost, illustration, instance, nought, order, parallel, soul, spirit, usage, zero), じれい (example, notice of personnel change), は�"れい (counterexample, example, explanatory notes, introductory remarks). (various references)

Korean		� �례. (various references)

Manx		roie-hampleyr. (various references)

Pig Latin		ecedentpray

Portuguese		precedente (ci-devant, foregone, former, last, preceding, previous, prior). (various references)

Romanian		precedent (above, example, foregoing, last, preceding, previous, prior). (various references)

Russian		прецедент предшествующий. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		presedan, predhodni (aforetime, antecedence, antecedent, foregoing, preceding, precursory, previous). (various references)

Spanish		precedente (aforegoing, antecedent, foregoing, former, preceding). (various references)

Swedish		prejudikat, föregående (aforegoing, antecedent, antecedents, anterior, foregoing, former, last, previous). (various references)

Thai		กำหน�"รูปแบบ (set a precedent). (various references)

Turkish		geçmiş örnek, eşine rastlanmış, benzeri olan, örnek olay (case study), örnek (copy, example, exemplar, exemplary, exemplification, guide, illustration, instance, lead, model, norm, object lesson, pattern, reference, representative, sample, sampling, specimen, trial, type, type specimen, version), örneği olan. (various references)

Ukrainian		прецедент, попередній (aforegoing, first, foregoing, head, preceding, precursive, precursory, preliminary, previous, prior, tentative). (various references)

Vietnamese		tiền lệ, lệ trước (example). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	exemplo, exemplum, exemplumque, praeiudicio. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "precedent": precedents. (additional references)
	Words containing "precedent": unprecedented, unprecedentedly. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Precedent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Percodan, precedented, precedrnt, precendent, precident, precient, precrdent, presedent, pressement, procedent, recedent. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "precedent" (pronounced pre"sudunt)
6	-s u d u n t	accident, antioxidant, coincident, dissident, incident, oxidant.
5	-u d u n t	confident, decadent, evident, nonresident, overconfident, provident, resident.
4	-d u n t	abundant, antecedent, ardent, ascendant, attendant, corespondent, correspondent, decedent, defendant, dependent, descendant, descendent, despondent, discordant, imprudent, independent, interdependent, mordant, pendant, prudent, redundant, resplendent, respondent, retardant, rodent, strident, student, superintendent, transcendent, trident, verdant.
3	-u n t	abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, accelerant, accompaniment, accomplishment, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antidepressant, antigovernment, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, cormorant, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decent, declarant, decongestant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overpayment, overstatement, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resilient, resistant, resonant, restatement, resultant, resurgent, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, stringent, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: precented.
	Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-e-n-p-r-t"
	-1 letter: centered, decenter, decentre, pretence, repented, repetend.
	-2 letters: centred, credent, entered, erected, percent, petered, precede, precent, preened, preteen, pretend, terpene.
	-3 letters: center, centre, creped, decent, decern, decree, deepen, deeper, entree, eterne, needer, pecten, peened, peered, recede, recent, recept, rented, repent, retene, teener, tender, tenrec.
	-4 letters: ceder, cered, creed, creep, crepe, crept, deter, ender, enter, erect.
	Words containing the letters "c-d-e-e-e-n-p-r-t"
	+1 letter: precedents, preenacted.
	+2 letters: carpentered, copresented, intercepted, reinspected.
	+3 letters: decipherment, preconcerted, presentenced.
	+4 letters: decipherments, interepidemic, preadolescent, superinfected, unprecedented.
	+5 letters: counterstepped, nephrectomized, preadolescents.
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

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HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0072 0065 0063 0065 0064 0065 006E 0074

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day
precedent furniture	25
precedent	14
legal precedent	9
judicial precedent	6
condition precedent	5
doctrine precedent	4
precedent and law	3
case precedent setting	2
doctrine judicial precedent	2
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Precedent

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