9 Letter Words for Precedent
precedent, precented, pretenced
8 Letter Words for Precedent
centered, decenter, decentre, recedent, repented, repetend
7 Letter Words for Precedent
cedrene, credent, creeped, decener, decreet, decrete, depeter, entered, erected, percent, petered, precede, precent, preened, prented, preteen, pretend, terpene
6 Letter Words for Precedent
cedent, cendre, center, cepter, cerned, cetene, creped, decene, decent, decern, decerp, decnet, decree, deener, deepen, deeper, denter, ectene, endere, entrec, entree, entrep, eterne, needer, pecten, peened, peered, perced, percen, perten, recede, recent, recept, reeden, rented, rentee, repent, retene, teened, teener, teered, tender, tendre, tenrec, terned, terpen
5 Letter Words for Precedent
ceder, cedre, cered, cerne, creed, creen, creep, crepe, crept, crete, ctene, deere, denet, deter, dreep, drent, eeten, ender, enter, entre, erect, erept, erned, neper, neter, pedee, peece, peert, pence, pened, perce, peter, petre, preed, preen, prent, recpt, reede, renet, rente, repen, teend, teene, tepee, terce, terne, treed, treen, trend
4 Letter Words for Precedent
cede, cene, cent, cepe, cere, cern, cert, cete, cred, crpe, deen, deep, deer, deet, dene, dent, depe, depr, dept, dere, dern, detn, dree, eden, ende, ened, entr, epee, ered, erne, eten, need, neep, neer, neet, nerd, nete, peed, peen, peer, pend, pene, pent, pere, pern, pert, pete, pnce, prec, pred, pree, pret, rcpt, recd, rect, rede, reed, reen, reet, rend, rent, rept, retd, rete, teed, teen, teer, tend, tene, tepe, tern, terp, tree
3 Letter Words for Precedent
cdr, cee, cen, cep, cer, cpd, cpr, cpt, crt, cte, ctn, ctr, dec, dee, den, dep, der, det, dpt, ect, edp, eec, een, eer, enc, end, ene, erd, ere, ern, ert, etc, ned, nee, nep, net, pct, pdn, pec, ped, pee, pen, per, pet, prc, pre, prn, pte, rcd, rct, rec, red, ree, rep, rnd, rpt, rte, tcp, tdr, tec, ted, tee, ten, ter, tpd, trp
Definitions for Precedent
[1] Law . a legal decision or form of proceeding serving as an authoritative rule or pattern in future similar or analogous cases.
[2] any act, decision, or case that serves as a guide or justification for subsequent situations.
[3] going or coming before; preceding; anterior.
[4] law a judicial decision that serves as an authority for deciding a later case
[5] an example or instance used to justify later similar occurrences
[6] preceding
Words related to Precedent
criterion, antecedent, authority, instance, exemplar, model, paradigm
Words nearby Precedent
precautious, precava, precede, precedence, precedency, precedent, precedented, precedential, preceding, precent, precentor
Origin of Precedent
1350–1400; (adj.) Middle English < Latin praecēdent- (stem of praecēdēns ) present participle of praecēdere to go before, precede (see -ent); (noun) late Middle English, derivative of the adj.
Words that may be confused with Precedent
precedence, precedents, presidents
Other words from Precedent
prec·e·dent·less , adjective
non·prec·e·dent , noun
non·pre·ced·ent , adjective
qua·si-pre·ced·ent , adjective
Synonyms for Precedent
criterion, antecedent, authority, exemplar, instance, model, paradigm
