"precedent" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

precedent sustantivo

sustantivo + precedent
Kolokacji: 4
court precedent • condition precedent • abortion precedent • Senate precedent
precedent + verbo
Kolokacji: 8
precedent exists • precedent suggests • precedent establishes • precedent sets • precedent applies • ...
verbo + precedent
Kolokacji: 10
set a precedent • establish a precedent • cite precedents • take precedent • create a precedent • ...
adjetivo + precedent
Kolokacji: 50
legal precedent • dangerous precedent • historical precedent • bad precedent • important precedent • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 11
1. ample precedent = dostateczny precedens ample precedent
2. good precedent = dobry precedens good precedent
3. biblical precedent = biblijny precedens biblical precedent
4. closest precedent = najbardziej zbliżony precedens closest precedent
5. cultural precedent = kulturowy precedens cultural precedent
7. favorable precedent = przychylny precedens favorable precedent
  • Christine Pritchard, a spokeswoman for Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, said the decision established a favorable precedent for the state in several other Indian land-claims cases.
  • Environmentalists support the cap, saying it would set a favorable precedent for the rest of the country.
  • Liberty Counsel has established its goals revolving around influencing policy and providing courts with the legal rationale to develop precedent favorable to its mission.
  • He appeared to mean that criminals should not be allowed to rely on favorable precedents.
  • Since we had to file the appeal 30 days after the sentence, there was not enough time to dig in and find favorable precedent.
  • In this case, Koons won; the case sets a favorable precedent for appropriation art where the use is deemed transformative.
  • In fact, the negotiations that US Airways has been engaged in since filing for Chapter 11 protection in August have already set a favorable precedent for United, industry experts say.
  • However, in most instances the plaintiffs' desire was to establish favorable precedent, not to impose harsh penalties, and the fines were typically modest.
  • In his view, litigation was "just partly about winning the case and establishing a favorable legal precedent," wrote Robert Murphy, a lawyer who is working on a biography of Mr. Stoddard.
  • They say one option is to pick off the friendliest companies first and use those contracts to set a favorable precedent.
(6) clear, direct, positive
Kolokacji: 3
(10) unfortunate, ominous, damaging
Kolokacji: 3
(11) international, national
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + precedent
Kolokacji: 11
without precedent • of precedent • to precedent • with precedent • on precedent • ...

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