"precedent" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The defendants claimed the ordinance would deprive them of property without compensation; however, the court ruled that well-established precedent did not require compensation for property seized under a city's police powers.
- He agreed that the Constitution protected the right to privacy, and endorsed the idea that even the Supreme Court should think long and hard before overturning well-established precedents.
- Several of the briefs filed in this case have urged the Court to overrule well-established precedents which have been relied upon by employers and academic institutions, public and private, for nearly 20 years.
- His opening statement ranged from a political pro's homage to the Republican White House machines that preceded his own ("The Clinton White House merely followed well-established Republican precedent.")
- The Constitution does not explicitly grant the Supreme Court the power of judicial review; nevertheless, the power of this Court to overturn laws and executive actions it deems unlawful or unconstitutional is a well-established precedent.
- Under well-established precedent, prosecutors were able to read a transcript of these witnesses' testimony into the record at the new trial.
- In the more general category of hypothecation, there are already well-established precedents: they include the gasoline tax in the United States, which is dedicated to the funding of transportation infrastructure.
- "We did not intend for the government to shed the traditional tools of criminal investigation, such as grand jury subpoenas governed by well-established precedent and wiretaps strictly monitored" by federal judges, he said.
- "The judge's decision ignores well-established precedents in the area of fair and accurate reportage and opinion," said James F. Rittinger, the lawyer for Time.
- Mr. Cunningham said that under well-established precedent, judges must defer to the executive branch in deciding what secrets must be protected.
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