DECEDENT | • decedent n. (Law, chiefly US) A dead person. • decedent adj. Removing; departing; deceased. • DECEDENT n. (US) in US law, a deceased person. |
DECEDENTS | • decedents n. Plural of decedent. • DECEDENT n. (US) in US law, a deceased person. |
PRECEDENT | • precedent n. An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future. • precedent n. (Law) A decided case which is cited or used as an example to justify a judgment in a subsequent case. • precedent n. An established habit or custom. |
ANTECEDENT | • antecedent adj. Earlier, either in time or in order. • antecedent adj. Presumptive. • antecedent n. Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing. |
PRECEDENTS | • precedents n. Plural of precedent. • precedents v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of precedent. • PRECEDENT n. something that goes before. |
ANTECEDENTS | • antecedents n. Plural of antecedent. • ANTECEDENT n. a clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun. |
PRECEDENTED | • precedented adj. (Rare, chiefly law) Having a precedent; not novel. • precedented v. (Rare) simple past tense and past participle of precedent. • PRECEDENTED adj. having a precedent, warranted by example. |
PRECEDENTLY | • precedently adv. Beforehand; antecedently. • PRECEDENT adv. preceding. |
ANTECEDENTLY | • antecedently adv. At an earlier time. • ANTECEDENT adv. foregoing. |
PRECEDENTIAL | • precedential adj. (Law) Having the force of precedent. • PRECEDENTIAL adj. of the nature of a precedent. |
UNPRECEDENTED | • unprecedented adj. Never before seen, done, or experienced; without precedent. • UNPRECEDENTED adj. having no precedent. |
PRECEDENTIALLY | • precedentially adv. (Law) In a manner having the force of precedent. • PRECEDENTIAL adv. of the nature of a precedent. |
UNPRECEDENTEDLY | • unprecedentedly adv. In an unprecedented manner. • UNPRECEDENTED adv. having no precedent. |