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Condition Precedent. DEFINITION of 'Condition Precedent'. A legal term describing a condition or event that must come to pass before a specific contract is considered in effect or any obligations are expected of either party. There may also be condition precedents in the ongoing life of a contract, which simply state that if condition X occurs, event Y will then occur.
precedent. A precedent is an authoritative case, example, or instance. The communism of the early Christians in Jerusalem is a wonderful example or instance of Christian liberality, but not a precedent for the universal church through all time. Cases decided by irregular or unauthorized tribunals are not precedents for the regular administration of law. An obiter dictum is an opinion outside of the case in hand, which can not be quoted as an authoritative precedent. Compare CAUSE; EXAMPLE.