What Is a Legal Precedent

Multiple Choice

What is a legal precedent?

A) A legal case that resembles another case that has already been decided by another court.
B) A legal case that imposes limits on how a court of law may rule on similar cases in the future.
C) A legal principle requiring courts to issue similar judgments in relevantly similar cases.
D) A feature of a legal case that justifies a judge in ruling differently in one case than in another.