Sentence examples for precedent I from inspiring English sources

While I don't want to set a dangerous precedent (i.e. that I'm a soft touch) it pleases me to no end to see kids actually interested in this stuff.

1 It is often said of such systems that in practice earlier decisions are used by later courts in ways parallel to their use in jurisdictions with an official doctrine of precedent, i.e., that there is an unofficial practice of precedent (see many of the essays in MacCormick and Summers 1997).

The only precedent I can think of is Larry Gomes, the West Indies No3 30 years ago.

"Taking a comment based on a 30-minute interview that becomes front page news is not the precedent I want to set", he said.

"So the paucity of precedent, I think, actually reinforces the government's view that the act was designed precisely for this kind of case," Mr. Klein said.

Even the families of the sailors were denied meetings with the White House, a disgrace that ended only when President Obama took office — and a precedent I hope the administration maintains.

Aware of the precedents I list above, the left is often suspicious of those tiny few with a mainstream platform.

In Schuette, an attorney for the respondent, Shanta Driver, asked the court to strike down the Michigan amendment based on these precedents:I think Hunter-Seattle provides the line.

Because there are so few precedents, I don't think people fully understand how risky it is".

The closest precedents I have found, these portraits present the sitters as experts in the contents of the womb.

If no bound is associated with an action A, then it is assumed that A should be triggered right after the execution of its precedent actions (i.e., strict temporal synchronism).