"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 • ...
(2) cite, explain
Kolokacji: 2
  • Did they not even know how to cite precedent?
  • Justice Stevens had a unique history with the key precedents cited in the opinion of the case.
  • The case formed a precedent still cited in the Hawaii state criminal code.
  • Lawyers and politicians who hide behind them love to cite legal precedents.
  • Bush administration officials can cite voluminous legal precedents for the approach they prefer.
  • The court then went on to cite precedents designed to show that it was interpreting but not changing existing law.
  • He then cites the practice in the Supreme Court of citing precedents from cases decided long ago.
  • He argued that a business tax cut would drive up property rates, citing precedents in several other North American cities.
  • Another precedent cited by historians who think about ideological battles involves the persuasive power of American leaders.
  • A Federal court blocked the move, citing precedents that barred such residency requirements.
2. explain precedents = wyjaśnij precedensy explain precedents
adjetivo + precedent
Kolokacji: 50
legal precedent • dangerous precedent • historical precedent • bad precedent • important precedent • ...
preposición + precedent
Kolokacji: 11
without precedent • of precedent • to precedent • with precedent • on precedent • ...

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