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Proceeding vs Precedent - What's the difference?

proceeding | precedent |

As verbs the difference between proceeding and precedent

is that proceeding is while precedent is .

As a noun proceeding

is the act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction.

proceeding

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who proceeds, or who prosecutes a design or transaction
  • The collection of academic papers published in the context of an academic conference
  • Progress or movement from one thing to another.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2 , passage=I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town. I was completely mystified at such an unusual proceeding .}}
  • A measure or step taken in a course of business; a transaction; as, an illegal proceeding; a cautious or a violent proceeding.
  • * (Macaulay)
    • The proceedings of the high commission.
  • Plural'', see ''proceedings .

    • Synonyms

    * procedure * measure * step

    See also

    * transaction. (Webster 1913)

    precedent

    English

    (wikipedia precedent)

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future.
  • * Hooker
    • Examples for cases can but direct as precedents only.
  • (legal) A decided case which is cited or used as an example to justify a judgment in a subsequent case.
  • (obsolete, with definite article) The aforementioned (thing).
  • *, New York 2001, p.74:
    • A third argument may be derived from the precedent .
  • The previous version.
  • (obsolete) A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.
    • (Shakespeare)

    Derived terms

    * binding precedent * declaratory precedent * original precedent * persuasive precedent * precedented * precedential * precedent-setting * precedent sub silentio * unprecedented

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Happening or taking place earlier in time; previous or preceding.
  • *, III.2.1.i:
    • In the precedent section mention was made, amongst other pleasant objects, of this comeliness and beauty which proceeds from women […].

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (legal) To provide precedents for.
  • (legal) To be a precedent for.

    • See also

    * stare decisis ----