One who makes, inscribes, or engraves, alphabetical
letters.
Going before; anterior; preceding; antecedent; as, precedent services. Shak. "A precedent injury." Bacon. Condition precedent (Law), a condition which precede the vesting of an estate, or the accruing of a right.
1. Something done or said that may serve as an example to authorize a subsequent act of the same kind; an authoritat...
