Sentence examples for On precedent from inspiring English sources

Fifa are yet to confirm the process at the draw, which will be made in Salvador on December 6, but based on precedent there will be one pot of seeds consisting of hosts Brazil and the seven highest-seeded nations in October's Fifa rankings, and three pots based on geographical considerations.

The vote at one recent meeting of core volunteers: to study up on precedent and begin plotting logistics.

A pox on precedent.

Jurisprudence stands on precedent, on the stability of the laws.

Now, he pored over legal tomes on precedent.

As the government acknowledges, courts operate on precedent.

Based on precedent, Mientkiewicz had every right to the ball.

As the waging of war has grown increasingly secretive and privatized, presidents have built on precedent.

"If he is relying on precedent, then he ought to say so.

Here, to be sure, I am relying on precedent rather than textual analysis.

Judges are risk-averse: they rely on precedent; they follow, rather than lead.