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"to set a precedent" (note spelling) would mean to begin a certain line of thought or custom which will be picked up by the coming generations as a tradition or custom. The word "precedence" pertains to ranking.

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Speaking in a grammatical sense, one sets a precedent, not a precedence. Precedent in law refers to a legal decision that serves as a rule or pattern in future cases. Example: There is a clear precedent to support the argument of the plaintiff. Precedence refers to the act of coming before in time or being more important than something else. Example: Although the bride's father wanted to walk her down the aisle, the bride's mother was given precedence since she had raised her daughter alone for her first 21 years.


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An engineered set of drawings or blueprints would take precedence over all on an electrical project.


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There's no precedence for your proposal; let's do it! Your early arrival gives you precedence for the day's tasks.


What is the suffix of precedence?

The suffix of "precedence" is -ence.


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Precedence is determined by operators only. Every operator has a precedence in the range 1 through 17, where 1 has the highest precedence. All precedences have left-to-right associativity except 3 and 15 which are right-to-left. Precedence 1: scope-resolution operator Precedence 2: postfix increment/decrement, function-style type cast, function call, array subscripting and selection by reference or pointer. Precedence 3: prefix increment/decrement, unary plus/minus, logical and bitwise NOT, C-style cast, dereferencing, address-of, sizeof, new/new [] and delete/delete []. Precedence 4: pointer to member. Precedence 5: multiplication, division and modulo. Precedence 6: addition and substraction. Precedence 7: bitwise left/right shift. Precedence 8: relational operators (<, <=, > and >=). Precedence 9: equal/not equal operators (= and !=) Precedence 10: bitwise AND Precedence 11: bitwise XOR Precedence 12: bitwise OR Precedence 13: logical AND Precedence 14: llogical OR Precedence 15: ternary conditional, assignment and compound assignment. Precedence 16: throw Precedence 17: comma


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Temporal precedence refers to an order of events. If something has temporal precedence, it precedes the event and is not the cause.


Who created the Spoils System?

President Andrew Jackson set the precedence of awarding jobs to supporters after electoral victory in 1828. This was a clear departure from past practice of transparency.


What did thomas Paine mean when he said the law is king?

He is saying that the law takes precedence, is the most important.


Who has precedence maternal grandfather or paternal uncle?

It depends on what the precedence has to do with. If it is inheriting an estate with no will it will depend on the state in question. In most places the grandfather will have precedence.