The phrase "absence of precedent" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where there is no prior example or case to refer to, often in legal, academic, or formal discussions.
Example: "The court faced a unique situation due to the absence of precedent in similar cases."
Alternatives: "lack of prior examples" or "no established precedent".
The absence of precedent for the current dry spell leaves water experts scratching their heads.
Although the Ḥanafīs acknowledge the Qurʾān and Ḥadīth (narratives concerning the Prophet's life and sayings) as primary sources of law, they are noted for the acceptance of personal opinion (raʾy) in the absence of precedent.
The Project faced significant implementation challenges, including Court and population expectations for rapid time lines as well as absence of precedent for the likely scale of the community project.
The rarity of litigation and the complete absence of precedent-setting case law for DNA diagnostics, however, does not imply that patents have no effect.
The great majority of Uzbeks are Sunnite Muslims of the Ḥanafī rite, a group noted for the acceptance of personal opinion (raʾy) in the absence of Muslim precedent.
In the absence of a precedent or immediate risk inside the EU when they were redacted, the European treaties do not dedicate a single line to internal secession.
The absence of such precedent is just what one would expect, for the exercise of religion is characteristic of natural persons, not artificial legal entities.
Elliott Stein, a legal analyst at Bloomberg, says Wheeler "sees a real absence of established precedent about what the government can do".
Both the collapse of Lehman Brothers and MF Global have highlighted "significant gaps between protections afforded customers in U.S. and foreign countries, such as the United Kingdom, arising largely from differences in insolvency laws and the absence of clear legal precedent," Mr Giddens, who also served as the trustee overseeing the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, is expected to say.
But in the absence of a cultural precedent for irony, mockery and self-ridicule, it was like slapping a baby.
In the absence of any international precedent, this revised guideline was based on the rationale that HCV relapse in a dialysis patient is extremely unlikely once an SVR has been achieved [ 13].
