precedent|precedents in English
noun
[prec·e·dent || 'presɪdənt]
previous legal decision serving as an authoritative rule, authoritative example; model, standard, example
Use "precedent|precedents" in a sentence
1. The English courts of chancery would make no writs when there was no precedent, and the cases for which there were precedents were called Actiones nominatoe.
2. He copied after bad precedents.
3. I can cite several legal precedents.
4. U.S. Law precedents are somewhat similar.
5. There's no historical precedent.
6. Many precedents can be found for this decision.
7. And there were other precedents for the future.
8. The judgment set a new precedent.
9. There were ample precedents for such a notion.
10. The Soviet Union could soon choose to follow these precedents.
11. 1 The judgment set a new precedent.
12. I am unwilling to set a precedent.
13. He erected a new doctrine of precedent.
14. There are plenty of precedents for such a course.
15. There are precedents on both sides of the argument.
16. The court's decision has set a legal precedent.
17. There are few precedents for this sort of retroactive legislation.
18. Decisions and actions are bound by precedent.
19. Clauses dealing with Accruer of share(s) of residue Precedents
20. An epidemic on this scale is without precedent.
21. And there is precedent for treatable diseases persisting.
22. There were historical precedents for this kind of female protest.
23. Is there a Biblical precedent for nonmilitary civilian service?
24. Such protests are without precedent in recent history.
25. There is no precedent for such an action.