Precedents

Word PRECEDENTS
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Definitions and meanings of "Precedents"

What do we mean by precedents?

An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future.

A decided case which is cited or used as an example to justify a judgment in a subsequent case.

An established habit or custom.

(with definite article) The aforementioned (thing).

The previous version.

A rough draught of a writing which precedes a finished copy.

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The word "precedents" in example sentences

Corporations; (_c_) in regard to the words, "in accordance with settled principles and precedents," which appeared in Sub-clause (No. 8) (Legislature to make no law "Whereby any person may be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law [174] _in accordance with settled principles and precedents_," etc.). ❋ Erskine Childers (1896)

■ 'Thefe then are what I call precedents without autho - 1 rity, but upholding error: for diftinguifhing, as muil: be done, between right and power. ❋ Unknown (1777)

Sure, repealing Obamacare and reversing the statist tide will be a grueling challenge, but pessimism (on the Right) or optimism (on the Left) based on European precedents is ill-placed. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The nice thing about precedents is that there are so many to choose from! ❋ Unknown (2010)

That he succeeded in protecting many liberal precedents from the 1950s and '60s while winning the day in new areas, such as women's rights, only burnished his legend on the left. ❋ Jess Bravin (2010)

The converse is also interesting .. could the “Medical Advisory Board” be unconstitutional because it flies in the face of years of privacy precedents from the SCOTUS such as those built on Roe v Wade? ❋ Unknown (2010)

The same goals and choice of means fit the mandate snugly within precedents broadly defining Congress ‟ authority to tax and spend. (via Ezra Klein) * Why so many colleges (including Duke!) are teaching The Wire. ❋ Unknown (2010)

If you think interpreting precedents is tough now, just wait until the first year class gets through with them. ❋ Unknown (2006)

He and his allies have pointed out that looking abroad for precedents is not new for the Court: in cases from the 1950s through the 1980s (and also during the 1890s) majorities took account of foreign practices in deciding whether a punishment was permissible. ❋ Unknown (2005)

If the Christian Coalition and its many backers had their way, Roe vs. Wade, etc. would be overturned (VERY unlikely considering its long term precedents), and America would become a church state. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Law is always interested in precedents, and the legal systems of other nations offer us a few striking ones. ❋ Unknown (1974)

Repealing ObamaCare’s purchasing mandates through federal courts: The lack of precedents is irrelevant | The Kansas Progress says: ❋ Unknown (2010)

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