Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or constituting a precedent.
- adjective Having precedence.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of the nature of a precedent; suitable for imitation; followed as a precedent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of the nature of a precedent; having force as an example for imitation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective law Having the force of
precedent .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having precedence (especially because of longer service)
Etymologies
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Examples
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This is as close to a logical deduction as you get in precedential reasoning, but lots of people disagree.
Balkinization 2006
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This is as close to a logical deduction as you get in precedential reasoning, but lots of people disagree.
Balkinization 2006
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"This is as close to a logical deduction as you get in precedential reasoning,"
Balkinization 2006
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The precedential value of any decision (vertical or horizontal) is what you can get away with.
The Volokh Conspiracy » District Court Opinions Precedential Within the Same District? 2010
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In the same way that the Supreme Court benefits from the give-and-take of circuit splits, circuit courts are better able to appreciate the need for them to issue a precedential opinion when the district courts are in open disagreement.
The Volokh Conspiracy » District Court Opinions Precedential Within the Same District? 2010
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Such a settlement wouldn 't "have any precedential value" for plaintiffs' attorneys in the suits, he says.
Mozilo and SEC in Deal Discussions John R. Emshwiller 2010
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The Seventh Circuit has repeatedly held that district court opinions are not precedential and it actively discourages district courts in the Circuit from citing district court opinions.
The Volokh Conspiracy » District Court Opinions Precedential Within the Same District? 2010
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If a prior decision is precedential only to the extent that a higher court can compel compliance on a lower, then there need be no horizontal precedent.
The Volokh Conspiracy » District Court Opinions Precedential Within the Same District? 2010
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MGA: The Seventh Circuit has repeatedly held that district court opinions are not precedential and it actively discourages district courts in the Circuit from citing district court opinions. yeah, I saw one where Easterbrook held the appellant had “waived” an argument because all he cited was district court decisions.
The Volokh Conspiracy » District Court Opinions Precedential Within the Same District? 2010
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I am also a former dist. court law clerk whose judge made a point of instructing me that other district court opinions had no precedential value.
The Volokh Conspiracy » District Court Opinions Precedential Within the Same District? 2010
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