Sentence examples for precedent dictates from inspiring English sources

State officials, however, say Alaska's legal precedent dictates that they count votes if they can determine a voter's intent.

Historical precedent dictates that the incumbent – Brown – would have the right to try to form a government, even if his or her party has fewer seats.

"The Department of Justice will take that position in all pending and future matters (except where controlling lower-court precedent dictates otherwise, in which event the issue should be preserved for potential future review)," the memo said.

Precedent dictates that attP is normally upstream or downstream of the integrase gene but in some mobile genetic elements, such as SCCmec, can be located quite distal from their cognate integrase genes [ 11, 16].

The question of whether precedent dictated an outcome for one side or the other in this case, Exxon Shipping Company v. Baker, No. 07-219, appeared to be a draw.

The order is significant in part because the states' case has been viewed as a long shot, with legal precedent dictating that the judge show deference to the federal government's decision.

"If marriage is a fundamental right, then logic and emerging supreme court precedent dictate that the legitimacy of two adults' love for one another is the same in the eyes of the law regardless of sexual orientation," attorneys for the couple said in a court filing last fall.

Media follows fashion dictates.

Another myth is that historical precedents dictate that zeroing out the debt would be prudent.

Thus, biosynthetic precedents dictate that lasicicol is derived from the same pentaketide starter as lasiodiplodin, but extended with four malonate units by the LtLasS2 nrPKS (a 5 + 4 division between hrPKS and nrPKS for lasicicol, instead of a 5 + 3 split as in lasiodiplodin).

"There was no precedent to dictate what the nature of it was going to be, and what the details were going to be.