precedential
Americanadjective
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of, involving, or serving as a precedent
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having precedence
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Origin of precedential
Example Sentences
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City of Brandon was a straightforward precedential fix-it job.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
“Trial court decisions have no precedential value in California; they bind the parties but not another court,” noted James Fischer, an insurance law expert and professor at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2025
He said he really did not understand what the Supreme Court was trying to say in its shadow docket orders, and wasn’t really sure that they were precedential.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2025
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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