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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.
The definition of precedent is a decision that is the basis or reason for future decisions. An example of precedent is the legal decision in Brown v. Board of Education guiding future laws about desegregation. precedent. precedent.