precedent

     

In common law legal systems, a preceent or authority is a legal case establishing a principle or rule that a court or other judicial body adopts when deciding subsequent cases with similar issues or facts.

Trivia about precedent

  • The judicial principle stare decisis means an older, similar case, called this, should guide the current decision
  • A judgement or decision of a court cited as an example or analogy to justify a similar decision

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