Anticedent vs Precedent - What's the difference?
anticedent | precedent |
Anticedent has no English definition.
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:
Anticedent is likely misspelled.
Anticedent has no English definition.
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 an adjective precedent is
happening or taking place earlier in time; previous or preceding.As a verb precedent is
to provide precedents for.anticedent
Not English
Anticedent has no English definition. It may be misspelled.English words similar to 'anticedent':
antecedent, antagonist, antichrist, antioxidant, antigraft, anticipant, anticultist, antistatist, antisextet, antispast, antiquest, antisexist, antighost, antisport, antistudent, antiexport, antiozonant, anticorset, antiquist, antiscalant, antishort, antizionistprecedent
English
(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 […].