Precedent vs Herald - What's the difference?
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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:
A messenger, especially one bringing important news.
A harbinger, giving signs of things to come.
(heraldry) An official whose speciality is heraldry, especially one between the ranks of pursuivant and king of arms.
(entomology) A moth of the species Scoliopteryx libatrix .
Precedent is a related term of herald.
As verbs the difference between precedent and herald
is that precedent is while herald is to proclaim or announce an event.As a noun herald is
a messenger, especially one bringing important news.precedent
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 […].
See also
* stare decisis ----herald
English
Noun
(en noun)- The herald blew his trumpet and shouted that the King was dead.
- Daffodils are heralds of Spring.
- Rouge Dragon is a herald at the College of Arms.