precedent Synonyms

example antecedent case law common law case in point previous prior prevenient preparatory preludious preliminary prefatory preexisting predecessor precursory precursor precedential precedented preceding going before prodromus progenitor examples biotype jurisprudentially earlier test case protoplast yardstick whilom vaunt-courier touchstone standard red-tapism prototype pattern past case buccinator brocard before basanite authority archetype antitype anterior antecessor ancestor ahead aforementioned