All 3 Uses
precedent
in
The Best of Me
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- The first was that Jared might not be approved by the transplant committee—that despite his grave condition, there was no precedent for adding a patient to the waiting list who'd been in an automobile accident.†
p. 300.7
- There was no precedent for a patient like Jared to be added to the waiting list.†
p. 301.8 *
- He knew what they were thinking: Not only did this case lack precedent, but the time frame was too short.†
p. 302.9
Definitions:
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(1)
(precedent as in: sets a precedent) an example from a prior time -- typically used to justify similar occurrences at a later time (especially a judicial decision)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)