"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
(6) clear, direct, positive
Kolokacji: 3
1. clear precedent = jasny precedens clear precedent
2. direct precedent = bezpośredni precedens direct precedent
  • And there is more direct precedent: In 1973, Congress affirmatively acted to cut off funds for Vietnam.
  • His wearing of a hat indoors also has a direct precedent.
  • Judge Marrero said in his order that there was no direct precedent in the case.
  • There is direct precedent in the first case, and he knows that sound strategy might require him to follow that precedent.
  • Perhaps the most direct precedent for our current predicament is what happened after the Great Fire of 1835.
  • His critics took little comfort in that promise, pointing out that the appellate courts regularly confront novel questions on which there is no direct precedent.
  • Generally the question will surround a subject that is unclear under the present state of the law and for which no direct precedent exists.
  • As such, the entity is primarily a result of the Bosnian war without any direct historical precedent.
  • Because there is no direct precedent, legal experts say that a decision may hinge largely on what real-world metaphor for the electronic library the court accepts.
  • In addition, to make things more complex, there is no direct precedent.
3. positive precedent = pozytywny precedens positive precedent
(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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