Sentence examples for precedent established from inspiring English sources

The 1994 precedent established that gays constituted a social group.

And what about the precedent established by Mr. Romney?

They didn't try to overturn the precedent established in the 1880's.

The precedent established with the 9/11 compensation for unprecedented terrorist attacks should apply to unprecedented natural disasters as well.

It goes well beyond the legal precedent established with the arrest of Gen. Augusto Pinochet, Chile's former dictator, in Britain at the request of Spanish authorities.

The case against Pauline further cements the precedent established in the Akayesu trial: namely, that inciting mass rape is a crime against humanity.

This would have reinforced, legally and politically, the important precedent established by the RAF's successful targeting of Reyaad Khan and Ruhul Amin in Syria in August.

Following the precedent established in the last budget, headteachers in England will be given lump sums direct from central government to spend as they see fit.

By becoming the first president to win a third term, Roosevelt broke the two-term precedent established by the country's first president, George Washington.

Such actions are rare, but the House of Lords precedent established that, in principle, employees have the right to seek compensation.

"The issues of due process were completely circumvented" because there was no retrial or precedent established in Saudi courts, he said.