non-precedentialadj.
/ˌnɒnprɛsᵻˈdɛnʃl/, U.S. /ˈˌnɑnˌprɛsəˈdɛn(t)ʃ(ə)l/ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [adjective] > unprecedented
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unprecedental1648
unprecedentialc1700
1642 R. Watson Serm. Schisme 29 They..can fix on the same an unparallel'd, non-presidentiall interpretation.
2. Chiefly U.S. Law. That does not constitute or set a precedent.
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1966 Amer. Univ. Law Rev. 16 187 Professor Fleming does not give sufficient consideration to the possibility of non-precedential arbitration where the parties agree that the award will have no value as precedent.
1973 Federal Rules Decisions 58 8/1 The Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has regarded its own ruling in Glo Co. as non-precedential.
1990 Antitrust Law Jrnl. 59 410 The Fourth Circuit's unpublished and nonprecedential affirmance was sharply criticized..as ‘perfunctory’.
2003 E. A. Parson Protecting Ozone Layer viii. 205 United States insistence on preambular language stressing the non-precedential character of this fund was later used to force U.S. support for an MC phaseout.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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