Vocabulary

precedent

先例(せんれい)

B2 · Upper-intermediate Uncommon

Samraworld Dictionary

(1) Noun
An earlier occurrence of something done or said that may serve as an example or rule to authorize or justify a subsequent act of the same or a similar kind.  Rules of law are often based on precedents.
(おな)じまたは類似(るいじ)種類(しゅるい)のその()行為(こうい)承認(しょうにん)または正当(せいとう)()するための(れい)または規則(きそく)として役立(やくだ)可能(かのう)(せい)のあるすでに(おこな)われたまたは()われたことの事例(じれい)(ほう)支配(しはい)(おお)くの場合(ばあい)判例(はんれい)(もと)づいています。

Examples

  1. Their committee broke from precedent and voted before all hearings were finished.