Precedent

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Definition of Precedent

A judgment or decision of a Court of law cited as an authority for deciding a similar set of facts. A case which serves as an authority for the legal principle embodied in its decision. The common law has developed by “broadening down from precedent to precedent.” In conveyancing, a precedent is a copy of an instrument, used as a guide in preparing another similar instrument

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