English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of Precedent

precedent

/ पूर्व उदाहरण; नज़ीर;

Synonym case law;

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English Dictionary:

1. Precedent

[a.]

- Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent services.

2. Precedent

[n.]

- Something done or said that may serve as an example to authorize a subsequent act of the same kind; an authoritative example.
- A preceding circumstance or condition; an antecedent; hence, a prognostic; a token; a sign.
- A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.
- 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.