See Also: precedent(1)(dictionary)
precedent(2)(dictionary)
precedent(dictionary)
precedent(dictionary)
Precedent(law)
Binding Precedent(law)

mafoo (iou) and precedent (oh)


mafoo (iou)



mafoo noun. ['mɑ:fu:] M19.
[Chinese ma-fu, from ma horse + fu servant, labourer.]
A Chinese groom, stable-boy, or coachman.

precedent (oh)



[C] an action or official decision that can be used to give support to later actions or decisions
::a legal precedent
set/create a precedent
::UN involvement in the country's affairs would set a dangerous precedent.
precedent for
::precedents for what courts will accept as 'fair'
[U and C] something of the same type that has happened or existed before
precedent for
::There's not much precedent for men taking leave when their baby is born.
without precedent
::An epidemic on this scale is without precedent.
[U] the way that things have always been done
break with precedent
(=do something in a new way)