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Particular :: Particular (a.) Containing a part only; limited; as, a particular estate, or one precedent to an estate in remainder..

Prejudication :: Prejudication (n.) A previous treatment and decision of a point; a precedent.

Precedent :: Precedent (a.) Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent services..

Formulary :: Formulary (n.) A book containing stated and prescribed forms, as of oaths, declarations, prayers, medical formulaae, etc.; a book of precedents..

Example :: Example (v. t.) To set an example for; to give a precedent for; to exemplify; to give an instance of; to instance.

Unexampled :: Unexampled (a.) Having no example or similar case; being without precedent; unprecedented; unparalleled.

Precedent :: Precedent (n.) A preceding circumstance or condition; an antecedent; hence, a prognostic; a token; a sign..

President :: President (n.) Precedent.

Mobocracy :: Mobocracy (n.) A condition in which the lower classes of a nation control public affairs without respect to law, precedents, or vested rights..

Un- :: Un- (adv.) Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; o

Precedent :: Precedent (n.) 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.

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

Authority :: Authority (n.) A precedent; a decision of a court, an official declaration, or an opinion, saying, or statement worthy to be taken as a precedent..

Unprecedented :: Unprecedented (a.) Having no precedent or example; not preceded by a like case; not having the authority of prior example; novel; new; unexampled.

Precedent :: Precedent (n.) A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.

Precedented :: Precedented (a.) Having a precedent; authorized or sanctioned by an example of a like kind.

Unheard-of :: Unheard-of (a.) New; unprecedented; unparalleled.

Precedential :: Precedential (a.) Of the nature of a precedent; having force as an example for imitation; as, precedential transactions..

Precedently :: Precedently (adv.) Beforehand; antecedently.

Example :: Example (n.) That which resembles or corresponds with something else; a precedent; a model.

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