прецедент — meaning in English
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English meaning
- precedent noun An earlier case, decision, or action used as a guide or justification for a similar one later.
Senses
прецедент is used for these senses in English:
- precedent An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future.
- precedent (legal) A decided case which is cited or used as an example to justify a judgment in a subsequent case.
- use case (software engineering) A potential scenario in which a system receives an external request (such as user input) and responds to it.
precedent — full definition
- noun An earlier case, decision, or action used as a guide or justification for a similar one later.
- adj Coming before in time or order.