precedent · noun
Significados y ejemplos
Una actuación o decisión anterior que sirve de referencia en una situación posterior semejante.
Approving the exception could set a precedent that the committee would find difficult to defend in future cases.
She searched the archive for precedents before recommending how the unusual request should be handled.
The earlier agreement provided a useful precedent, although the circumstances were not identical in every respect.
There was no clear precedent for sharing ownership of the building between so many independent organisations.
Formas
- precedent singular
- precedents plural