Anterior vs Precedent - What's the difference?
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Before in place.
Before or earlier in time; prior to; preceding.
(anatomy) Nearer the forward end; nearer the head of an animal or the front of a human.
An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future.
* Hooker
(legal) A decided case which is cited or used as an example to justify a judgment in a subsequent case.
(obsolete, with definite article) The aforementioned (thing).
*, New York 2001, p.74:
The previous version.
(obsolete) A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.
Happening or taking place earlier in time; previous or preceding.
*, III.2.1.i:
Precedent is a synonym of anterior.
As adjectives the difference between anterior and precedent
is that anterior is before in place while precedent is happening or taking place earlier in time; previous or preceding.As a noun precedent is
an act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future.As a verb precedent is
to provide precedents for.anterior
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Alternative forms
* anteriour (obsolete)Adjective
(-)Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* (before in place) posterior * (anatomy) posteriorDerived Terms
* anteriorlyCoordinate terms
* *Anagrams
* ----precedent
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(wikipedia precedent)Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
(en noun)- Examples for cases can but direct as precedents only.
- A third argument may be derived from the precedent .
- (Shakespeare)
Derived terms
* binding precedent * declaratory precedent * original precedent * persuasive precedent * precedented * precedential * precedent-setting * precedent sub silentio * unprecedentedAdjective
(-)- In the precedent section mention was made, amongst other pleasant objects, of this comeliness and beauty which proceeds from women […].