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.