Definition of be precedential - Reverso English Dictionary

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legal

Rare

serve as a precedent or example

Rare

This case will be precedential for future legal decisions.

standard

Rare

set a standard for others

Rare

Her actions will be precedential in the company.

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Examples of be precedential in a sentence

Her actions could be precedential for future policies.
His decision will be precedential for future cases.
The ruling is expected to be precedential.

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French:servir de précédent, faire jurisprudence, ...
German:präzedenzfall sein, Maßstäbe setzen, ...
Italian:essere un precedente, stabilire uno standard, ...
Spanish:ser un precedente, establecer un estándar, ...
Portuguese:servir de precedente, estabelecer um padrão, ...
Chinese:成为先例, 设立标准, ...
Japanese:前例となる, 基準を設定する, ...
Arabic:شَكَّلَ سابِقَة, سَنَّ, ...
Hebrew:לִהְיוֹת תַּקְדִּימִי, לִקְבּוֹעַ תֶּקֶן לַאֲחֵרִים, ...
Russian:быть прецедентом, устанавливать стандарт, ...
Ukrainian:бути прецедентним, встановлювати стандарт, ...
Hindi:मिसाल बनना, मानक स्थापित करना, ...
Bengali:নজির স্থাপন করা, মানদণ্ড স্থাপন করা, ...
Catalan:ser precedent, establir estàndard, ...
Czech:sloužit jako precedent, stanovit standard, ...
Danish:være præcedens, sætte standard, ...
Dutch:precedent scheppen, standaard zetten, ...
Greek:δημιουργώ προηγούμενο, θέτω πρότυπο, ...
Hungarian:precedensként szolgálni, precedenst teremteni, ...
Khmer:ធ្វើជាគំរូមុន, ក្លាយជាគំរូ, ...
Korean:선례가 되다, 기준을 세우다, ...
Persian:سابقه ایجاد کردن, استاندارد تعیین کردن, ...
Polish:stanowić precedens, ustanawiać standard, ...
Portuguese (BR):ser precedente, estabelecer padrão, ...
Romanian:a fi un precedent, a stabili un standard, ...
Swedish:vara prejudicerande, sätta standard, ...
Thai:เป็นแบบอย่าง, กำหนดมาตรฐาน, ...
Turkish:emsal teşkil etmek, standart belirlemek, ...
Vietnamese:làm tiền lệ, đặt tiêu chuẩn, ...

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