English-Finnish translations for precedent

• ennakkotapaus
  Jokainen ratkaisu on ennakkotapaus. Any solution sets a precedent.
  Tämä on hyvin tärkeä ennakkotapaus. This is a very important precedent.
  Tämä ei ole ennakkotapaus tulevaisuutta varten. It is not a precedent for the future.
• edeltävä
  Tätä edeltävä tapaus koski perusoikeuskirjan valmistelukuntaa. There is a precedent, which is the Convention for the Charter of Fundamental Rights.
• perinnäistapa
  Monet perinnäistavat periytyvät useiden sukupolvien takaa.

Definition of precedent

• An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future
• A decided case which is cited or used as an example to justify a judgment in a subsequent case
• The aforementioned (thing
• The previous version
• Happening or taking place earlier in time; previous or preceding.
• To provide precedents for

Related words

• precedents
• unprecedented
• unprecedentedly
• unprecedentedness
• condition precedent
• judicial precedent