There are precedents in the United States.
break with precedent,ie not act according to precedents
Despite these precedents, Poe's interest in journeys is also distinctively American.
In preparing his brief he gave only two pages to conventional legal reasoning and citation of precedents.
The Xiamen Special Economic Zone will not be called a free port, although some free-port policies could be implemented there. There are precedents for this.
In the English-speaking countries, judges often apply decided cases to the new facts at hand. So, to a certain extent decided cases are binding precedents and they form part of the body of law.
There are precedents for this.
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There are many precedents at home and abroad, and the Boxer League is a living example.
Common law has no statutory basis, judges establish common law by applying previous decisions (precedents) to present cases.
That works fine in similar countries where divorce rules are highly codified, precedents do not matter and judges’ discretion is limited.
US legal precedents had indicated that Toshiba was at risk of losing US$10 billion in damages if the case went to the court, explained the Japanese CEO. That was why the company had decided to settle the suit out of court instead.
There is no lack of precedents.
These precedents came directly from the work of the installations and from the experiences of the students.
There are precedents for the disappearance of classic Chinese dishes on conservation grounds. Bear's paw, for example, is no longer eaten openly.
Such realism does have precedents.
Mr Roberts has a strong preference for making "narrow" decisions that have limited value as precedents.
Like the restructuring executives, bankruptcy lawyers seem defiant and want to make sure precedents aren't set that would make it easier to curb fees in the future.
But he says there have been precedents.
These two meaningful goals, which can kill two birds with one stone, have set precedents in history.
During his stay in Beijing, he broke the rules and set new precedents. Sometimes he held the late Dynasty in the middle of the night. After that, he held a big banquet and stayed up all night.
US legal precedents had indicated that Toshiba was at risk of losing US$10 billion in damages if the case went to the court, explained the Japanese CEO.
However, the courts under review do not want them to comply with precedents mechanically.
It is contrary to all precedents.
Court case verdicts do not constitute binding precedents. However, they are used for the purposes of judicial reference and guidance.
The lawyer who argues in court from a narrow legal base is no match for the lawyer who can connect legal precedents to historical experience and who employs wide-ranging intellectual resources.
"As the first of every thing, in our situation will serve to establish a precedent," he wrote James Madison, "it is devoutly wished on my part, that these precedents may be fixed on true principles."
