original: In common law legal systems, a precedent or authority is a legal case establishing a principle or rule that a court or other judicial body utilizes when deciding subsequent cases with similar issues or facts.
simplifications: In common law legal systems, a precedent or authority is a legal case establishing a principle or rule that a court or other judicial body looks to as an example when deciding following cases with similar issues or facts. In normal law legal systems, an authority is a legal case that sets rules which court uses when judging cases with similar issues. In common law, an authority issues a rule or regulation to be utilized and decided by the court. A precedent is a legal case establishing a rule. A new court uses that case to decide other cases with similar issues or facts. In common law legal systems, a precedent or authority is a legal case establishing a rule that a court uses for new cases with similar issues or facts. In common law legal systems, a precedent or authority is a legal case that made a principle or rule a court or other judicial body uses when deciding later cases with similar issues or facts. A precedent is a legal case which introduces a rule that a court uses to decide future cases with similar issues. In common law legal systems, a precedent is a legal case setting a rule that a court uses when judging later cases with similar issues. In common law systems, a precedent is a legal case starting a rule that a court or judicial body uses when deciding other cases with the same issues or facts. In common law legal systems, a precedent or authority is a legal case stating a idea or rule that a court or other judicial body uses when deciding future cases with similar issues or facts.