- 1/ˈpresədənt/ · /ˈpresɪdənt/先例；判例
正式A precedent is something that happened before, and that people later use as an example or a reason to do the same thing again. Judges use precedent a lot: if a similar case was decided one way before, they often decide the new case the same way. Outside of law, people also say 'this sets a precedent,' meaning 'once we do this, people will expect us to do it again.'
文法可數名詞：前面可以加 a/an，要表示複數時常常加 -s。
示範例句 · Example
The court's ruling set a legal precedent for similar cases.
中文翻譯那個法院的裁決為類似的案件設立了一個法律的先例。
常見搭配
set a precedent
開先例、立下先例
to do something that others can point to later as a reason
Allowing this would set a precedent for every other team.
a dangerous precedent
危險的先例
a first case that could lead to bad results later
Paying them extra sets a dangerous precedent.
a legal precedent
法律判例
an earlier court decision used to decide a later case
The case became a legal precedent across the country.
follow a precedent
遵循先例
to do what was decided in an earlier case
The judge chose to follow the precedent from 1998.
用法接近
case lawrulingtraditionconvention
From the word’s history
From Middle French, from Old French, from Latin praecēdēns, present participle of praecēdere 'to precede'.
經古法文來自拉丁文 praecēdēns「走在前面的」。
組成From Latin 'prae-' (before) + 'cedere' (to go) — something that 'went before.'
原始詞典資料10 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
precedentnoun/ˈpɹɛs.ɪ.dənt/
- 1
An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future.
- Examples for cases can but direct as precedents only.
- 2
lawA decided case which is cited or used as an example to justify a judgment in a subsequent case.
- 3
An established habit or custom.
- 4
obsoleteThe aforementioned (thing).
- A third argument may be derived from the precedent.
- 5
The previous version.
- 6
obsoleteA rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.
- My Lord Melun, let this be copied out, I did suppose it should be on constraint ; And keep it safe for our remembrance : But , heaven be thank'd , it is but voluntary , Return the precedent to these lords again
precedentadj/pɹɪˈsiː.dənt/
- 1
Happening or taking place earlier in time; previous or preceding.
- 2
archaicComing before in a particular order or arrangement; preceding, foregoing.
- In the precedent section mention was made, amongst other pleasant objects, of this comeliness and beauty which proceeds from women […].
precedentverb
- 1
lawTo provide precedents for.
- 2
lawTo be a precedent for.
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