Antecedent vs. Precedent

Antecedent and Precedent Definitions
Antecedent
Going before; preceding.
Precedent
An act or instance that may be used as an example in dealing with subsequent similar instances.
Antecedent
One that precedes another.
Precedent
(Law) A judicial decision that is binding on other equal or lower courts in the same jurisdiction as to its conclusion on a point of law, and may also be persuasive to courts in other jurisdictions, in subsequent cases involving sufficiently similar facts.
Antecedent
A preceding occurrence, cause, or event.
Precedent
Convention or custom arising from long practice
The president followed historical precedent in forming the Cabinet.
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Antecedent
Antecedents The important events and occurrences in one's early life.
Precedent
Preceding.
Antecedent
Antecedents One's ancestors.
Precedent
An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future.
Antecedent
(Grammar) The word, phrase, or clause that determines what a pronoun refers to, as the children in The teacher asked the children where they were going.
Precedent
(legal) A decided case which is cited or used as an example to justify a judgment in a subsequent case.
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Antecedent
(Mathematics) The first term of a ratio.
Precedent
An established habit or custom.
Antecedent
(Logic) The conditional member of a hypothetical proposition.
Precedent
The aforementioned (thing).
Antecedent
Earlier, either in time or in order.
An event antecedent to the Biblical Flood
An antecedent cause
Precedent
The previous version.
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Antecedent
Presumptive.
An antecedent improbability
Precedent
(obsolete) A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.
Antecedent
Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.
Precedent
Happening or taking place earlier in time; previous or preceding.
Antecedent
An ancestor.
Precedent
Coming before in a particular order or arrangement; preceding, foregoing.
Antecedent
(grammar) A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun.
Precedent
To provide precedents for.
Antecedent
(logic) The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition, i.e. , where is the antecedent, and is the consequent.
Precedent
To be a precedent for.
Antecedent
(logic) The first of two subsets of a sequent, consisting of all the sequent's formulae which are valuated as true.
Precedent
Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent services.
Antecedent
(math) The first term of a ratio, i.e. the term a in the ratio a:b, the other being the consequent.
Precedent
Something done or said that may serve as an example to authorize a subsequent act of the same kind; an authoritative example.
Examples for cases can but direct as precedents only.
Antecedent
Previous principles, conduct, history, etc.
Precedent
A preceding circumstance or condition; an antecedent; hence, a prognostic; a token; a sign.
Antecedent
Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause.
Precedent
A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.
Antecedent
Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability.
Precedent
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.
Antecedent
That which goes before in time; that which precedes.
The Homeric mythology, as well as the Homeric language, has surely its antecedents.
Precedent
An example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time
Antecedent
One who precedes or goes in front.
My antecedent, or my gentleman usher.
Precedent
(civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
Antecedent
The earlier events of one's life; previous principles, conduct, course, history.
If the troops . . . prove worthy of their antecedents, the victory is surely ours.
Precedent
A system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws;
Common law originated in the unwritten laws of England and was later applied in the United States
Antecedent
The noun to which a relative refers; as, in the sentence "Solomon was the prince who built the temple," prince is the antecedent of who.
Precedent
A subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time)
Antecedent
The first or conditional part of a hypothetical proposition; as, If the earth is fixed, the sun must move.
Precedent
Preceding in time, order, or significance
Antecedent
The first of the two terms of a ratio; the first or third of the four terms of a proportion. In the ratio a:b, a is the antecedent, and b the consequent.
Antecedent
Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
Antecedent
A preceding occurrence or cause or event
Antecedent
Anything that precedes something similar in time;
Phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience
Antecedent
The referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun
Antecedent
Preceding in time or order