A precedent book is a document recording procedural, legal or constitutional precedents.
Such a book may have significant constitutional effects, such as the UK's Precedent Book (or Rule book), written by the Cabinet Office since 1977.Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Political and Constitutional Reform Committee, Constitutional implications of the Cabinet manual: sixth report of session 2010-11, Vol. 1: Report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence, Volume 1, The Stationery Office, 29 mar. 2011. Its archive files are subject to 30-year closure, unless otherwise stated. The National Archives' catalogue, CAB - Records of the Cabinet Office, Cabinet Office: Precedent Books.
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