Sentence examples for precedent Friday from inspiring English sources

For those on Wall Street who believe in omens, crystal balls or just plain historical precedent, Friday was not a day to rejoice.

While this was seen by many as setting a precedent, Friday's ruling follows a line defined by Mr Justice Eady in the case of X v Persons Unknown, where it was stated that some aspects of people's lives are "naturally accessible to outsiders".

The Supreme Court's sympathies collided with its precedent Monday.

Los Angeles-based label Marco Marco set a New York Fashion Week precedent Saturday with a runway show that featured 34 openly transgender and nonbinary models.

Frustrated by Republican opposition to filling the position, President Obama broke with two decades of precedent Wednesday and installed Cordray while the Senate was in a short recess.

It will either order the courts to be separated, effectively affirming Tuesday's ruling, or allow them to stay together, creating a precedent undercutting Tuesday's decision.

But the precedent set Wednesday could be damaging.

Karbala's governor called the arrest "a dangerous precedent". Also Thursday, the Iraqi government released a document it said was found before Zarqawi's death during a raid on an insurgent safe house.

Myanmar's Southeast Asian neighbors broke with precedent on Monday to chastise it publicly for its crackdown on dissent and its detention of the pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.

That possibility has historical precedent: In "Saturday Night Massacre" in 1973, President Richard M. Nixon fired the attorney general and his deputy because they were unwilling to remove the Watergate special prosecutor, stopping only when the official next in line, Solicitor General Robert Bork, was willing to do what the president wanted.

However, given the highly unusual circumstances surrounding The Interview, it's unlikely that it will set a precedent for "day and date" releases.