"precedent" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- That resolution followed a longstanding precedent of international law in cases where the Great Powers had assisted in the restoration of sovereignty over a territory.
- Thus, removing a chairman on the basis of his or her speech violates longstanding precedent.
- In finding in favor of Wachovia, the court cited longstanding precedent against the state regulation of interstate banks.
- He also argued that longstanding legal precedents protect spouses from having to testify against each other.
- Carving like his adheres to longstanding cultural precedents, as do many of the weavings, painted decorations and other examples of orthodox folk art on view.
- There is longstanding precedent for holding parents accountable for a child's civil damages, like a broken window or smashed car.
- "But longstanding judicial precedent as well as the Constitution's text and history, persuade us that this court lacks authority to grant plaintiffs the relief that they seek."
- Further, petitioners' newfound argument is also foreclosed by this court's longstanding precedents.
- Thus, it appears that the creation of the Governors Island National Monument is secure, unless the Bush administration reverses longstanding legal precedents.
- "In sum, analysis of this state's longstanding precedents demonstrates that defendants - given the evidence presented here - did not owe plaintiffs the duty they claim."
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