Precedency - meaning and definition. What is Precedency
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What (who) is Precedency - definition


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Precedency      
·noun The act or state of preceding or going before in order of time; priority; as, one event has precedence of another.
II. Precedency ·noun The act or state of going or being before in rank or dignity, or the place of honor; right to a more honorable place; superior rank; as, barons have precedence of commoners.
Precedent         
PRINCIPLE OR RULE ESTABLISHED IN A PREVIOUS LEGAL CASE THAT IS EITHER BINDING ON OR PERSUASIVE FOR A COURT
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·noun A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.
II. Precedent ·adj Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent services.
III. Precedent ·noun A preceding circumstance or condition; an antecedent; hence, a prognostic; a token; a sign.
IV. Precedent ·noun Something done or said that may serve as an example to authorize a subsequent act of the same kind; an authoritative example.
V. Precedent ·noun A judicial decision which serves as a rule for future determinations in similar or analogous cases; an authority to be followed in courts of justice; forms of proceeding to be followed in similar cases.