Example: Aquest cas judicial no té precedents en la història del país.
Definition
"No tenir precedents" means that something has never happened before and is unique in its occurrence, often used to describe events or situations that are unprecedented or without any previous example, as in the phrase 'This judicial case has no precedents in the country's history.'
Translations
To be unprecedented
No tener precedentes
Zonder precedent zijn
Sans précédent
Beispiellos sein
Etymology
The phrase "No tenir precedents" comes from the Catalan words where 'no' means 'not,' 'tenir' means 'to have,' and 'precedents' means 'precedents' or 'previous examples.' It literally translates to 'not to have precedents,' indicating something without prior instances or examples.
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To be unprecedented