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noun

• an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time

• (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions

• a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws

• a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time)

adjective satellite

• preceding in time, order, or significance

33%13 Without previous example
adjective

• having no precedent; novel; never seen before

26%7 Scrap previous wordplay raised as an example
verb

• remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line

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