Prefatory vs Precedent - 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:
Prefatory is a related term of precedent.
As an adjective prefatory
is introductory, preliminary, serving as a prelude or preface.As a verb precedent is
.prefatory
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Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Usage notes
Rather formal and academic – preliminary is less formal, while introductory is less formal still. Casual alternative is to use some from of start, as in “To start…” or “Let me start by saying…”, as opposed to “By way of prefatory remarks…”.References
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 […].