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The phrase "from precedent" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to refer to something that is based on or follows a previous example or similar situation. Example: The judge's ruling was based on precedent, as there had been a similar case in the past where the same decision was made.
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This is a departure from precedent.
The line separating the two is uncertain; extrapolating the line from precedent would be impossible.
The decision, a break from precedent, drew strong personal protest from President Obama.
(To his disappointment, all nine justices, in a break from precedent, boycotted the speech).
EVAN OSNOS: Does his mention of a son in service overseas seems to deviate from precedent?
Farmers also know from precedent that, even if they are prosecuted, they are unlikely to suffer.
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She established those criteria drawn from precedents of courts.
L. Rev. 459 (1950); Boyer, Promissory Estoppel: Principle from Precedents, 50 Mich.
But adults require sophisticated calculations to be made from precedents and foresight in order to discover their precarious reality.
Through a combination of drawing and making, students will learn how to materialize and spatialize organizational systems, drawing from precedents in mathematics, nature, and other disciplines.
Thus, in law judicial decisions that have turned on the weighing of consequences and probable general welfare rather than on being deduced from precedents have been called pragmatic.
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