precedents
📖 中文释义
- [计] 引用单元
🧩 词形变化
原形 precedent
📘 English Definition（英文释义）
- n an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time
- n (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
- n a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws
- n a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time)