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Judicial decision used as an authority for subsequent cases (9)

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I believe the answer is:

precedent

(Other definitions for precedent that I've seen before include "Earlier parallel event" , "Previous example" , "Past instance serving as example" , "Going before" , "model" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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