Antecedent vs. Precedent

Going before; preceding.

An act or instance that may be used as an example in dealing with subsequent similar instances.

One that precedes another.

(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.

A preceding occurrence, cause, or event.

Convention or custom arising from long practice

Antecedents The important events and occurrences in one's early life.

Preceding.

Antecedents One's ancestors.

An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future.

(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.

(legal) A decided case which is cited or used as an example to justify a judgment in a subsequent case.

(Mathematics) The first term of a ratio.

An established habit or custom.

(Logic) The conditional member of a hypothetical proposition.

The aforementioned (thing).

Earlier, either in time or in order.

The previous version.

Presumptive.

(obsolete) A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.

Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.

Happening or taking place earlier in time; previous or preceding.

An ancestor.

Coming before in a particular order or arrangement; preceding, foregoing.

(grammar) A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun.

To provide precedents for.

(logic) The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition, i.e. $p\; \backslash rightarrow\; q$, where $p$ is the antecedent, and $q$ is the consequent.

To be a precedent for.

(logic) The first of two subsets of a sequent, consisting of all the sequent's formulae which are valuated as true.

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

(math) The first term of a ratio, i.e. the term a in the ratio a:b, the other being the consequent.

Something done or said that may serve as an example to authorize a subsequent act of the same kind; an authoritative example.

Previous principles, conduct, history, etc.

A preceding circumstance or condition; an antecedent; hence, a prognostic; a token; a sign.

Going before in time; prior; anterior; preceding; as, an event antecedent to the Deluge; an antecedent cause.

A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.

Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability.

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.

That which goes before in time; that which precedes.

An example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time

One who precedes or goes in front.

(civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions

The earlier events of one's life; previous principles, conduct, course, history.

A system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws;

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.

A subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time)

The first or conditional part of a hypothetical proposition; as, If the earth is fixed, the sun must move.

Preceding in time, order, or significance

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.

Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

A preceding occurrence or cause or event

Anything that precedes something similar in time;

The referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun

Preceding in time or order