Noun

• S: (n) precedent, case in point (an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time)
• S: (n) case law, precedent, common law ((civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions)
• domain category
• S: (n) civil law (the body of laws established by a state or nation for its own regulation)
• domain term category
• S: (n) service ((law) the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of his lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to him)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) common law, case law, precedent (a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws) "common law originated in the unwritten laws of England and was later applied in the United States"
• S: (n) precedent (a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time))

Adjective

• S: (adj) precedent (preceding in time, order, or significance)
• similar to
• derivationally related form
• antonym