precedent 的 2 个定义
- Law. a legal decision or form of proceeding serving as an authoritative rule or pattern in future similar or analogous cases.
- any act, decision, or case that serves as a guide or justification for subsequent situations.
pre·ce·dent [pri-seed-nt, pres-i-duhnt] /prɪˈsid nt, ˈprɛs ɪ dənt/
precedent 近义词
authoritative example
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- The effort is meant to set a legal precedent for mining on the lunar surface that would allow NASA to one day collect ice, helium or other materials useful to colonies on the moon and, eventually, Mars.
- In the judicial branch, legal precedent still protects officers from the consequences of deadly force with qualified immunity.
- Some of the other ones, it’s just interesting, the nuance that the court has taken in terms of judicial precedent that they follow.
- There is precedent for previous records being dismissed once disproven.
- “While similar to AB 1460, the new CSU policy avoids setting a precedent for future curriculum decisions to be determined by the legislature,” he wrote in an email.
- Indeed, the Japanese-owned corporation has set a horrible precedent.
- Roberts has shown a tendency in other political law cases to make broad pronouncements, upsetting precedent.
- “A scary precedent has been set,” she told the Observer back in May.
- Furthermore, being designated as a victim of a separate genocide and not a Holocaust victim is precedent-setting.
- Is there any recent precedent for a reluctant but strong warrior in Republican politics?
- The council, however, resolved not to indulge the king, for fear of a dangerous precedent.
- The Pope replied that reconciliation with the Church was an indispensable condition precedent.
- Prothero's case defied all rule and precedent, and Brodrick was not prepared with a judgment of his own.
- So dangerous a precedent being once admitted, it became necessary to resort to still other expedients.
- An incident of this great experiment is worth recording, as possibly affording a hint and a precedent.