The phrase "a precedent on which" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a prior case or decision that serves as a guide or example for a current situation or decision-making process.
Example: "The court's ruling established a precedent on which future cases will be evaluated."
Alternatives: "a basis for" or "a foundation upon which".
Nuremberg is a precedent on which the United States can build with pride in this new and essential trial.
One of the few historical counter-examples to that standard involves the refusal to recognize interracial marriage — "not a precedent on which I think the Court would want to rely in this instance," Douglas Hallward-Driemeier, the lawyer arguing that same-sex marriages should be recognized, said.
One of the few historical counter-examples to that standard involves the refusal to recognize interracial marriage—"not a precedent on which I think the Court would want to rely in this instance," Douglas Hallward-Driemeier, the lawyer arguing that same-sex marriages should be recognized, said.
Without any precedent on which to draw, Zahner, a company whose name is in the Rolodex of every European architect with American aspirations, figured out a way to make 3,000 individual panels pixelated with dents of varying depth to produce the desired image.
More clearly than any precedent on which it built, the decision revealed the Supreme Court's real concern with the way power is allocated in the American political system to be less the balance between the federal government and the states than that between the Supreme Court and Congress.
Earlier this year it extended an offer of assistance to the victims of Hurricane Katrina.Other prospective rulers have delved into history for an anomaly or legal precedent on which to base their claims.
"He agreed that it is the unusual case in which a prevailing Supreme Court precedent would be overturned," said Mr. Lieberman, adding, "He basically said -- I want to be careful about this, not putting words in his mouth -- that Roe was precedent on which people, a lot of people relied, that it had been precedent for decades and therefore deserves great respect".
Justices Scalia and Thomas said that they would have gone further and voted to overturn the precedent on which U.T. relied, a case called Grutter v. Bollinger, decided in 2003.
There is little precedent on which to base an estimated price for the bike, which is partly why Mr. Bator references recent sales of early automobiles as potential benchmarks.
Whether Rust v. Sullivan, the precedent on which the administration is relying, ultimately proves reliable depends in part on Justice David H. Souter's current view of that case.
This is the first Test match at Eden Park in seven years so there is no real precedent on which to draw in terms of its behaviour.
