precedential
Americanadjective
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of, involving, or serving as a precedent
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having precedence
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City of Brandon was a straightforward precedential fix-it job.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
“At this point, Zafirov is a district court decision without precedential value,” wrote two corporate lawyers in a recent analysis.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2024
The 3rd Circuit’s precedential opinion doesn’t wholly neutralize the “Texas two-step,” but it does make it harder for corporations to knock over more structural components in our already-shaky civil justice system.
From Slate • Jan. 31, 2023
Dissents have, of course, no precedential value in the conventional sense.
From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2022
“So this is a good thing, both from the precedential level, but also for protecting people from this pollutant,” he said.
From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2022
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