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English Synonyms and Antonyms

by James Champlin Fernald

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Precedent ( page 282 ).

Questions.

1. What is a precedent? 2. How does case fall short of the meaning of precedent? 3. What is an obiter dictum? How does it differ from a precedent?

Examples.

Where freedom broadens slowly down
From —— to ——.

Let us consider the reason of the ——, for nothing is law that is not reason.

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