To provide precedents for.
To be a precedent for.
The previous version.
A decided case which is cited or used as an example to justify a judgment in a subsequent case.
An established habit or custom.
An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future.
Happening or taking place earlier in time; previous or preceding.
To decide judicially.
To establish or settle by, or as by, a rule; to fix by universal or general consent, or by common practice.
To regulate, be in charge of, make decisions for, reign over.
To mark (paper or the like) with rules (lines).
To excel.
A determinate method prescribed for performing any operation and producing a certain result.
A regulating principle.
A ruler; device for measuring, a straightedge, a measure.
A normal condition or state of affairs.
A regulation, law, guideline.
An order regulating the practice of the courts, or an order made between parties to an action or a suit.
A straight line (continuous mark, as made by a pen or the like), especially one lying across a paper as a guide for writing.
The act of ruling; administration of law; government; empire; authority; control.