Sentence examples for precedents mainly from inspiring English sources
Although the court had earlier rejected the actual or perceived influence of large contributors as a rationale for restricting their "speech" through campaign-finance laws, the reasoning of those precedents (mainly Citizens United and McCutcheon) did not apply in the present case, Roberts insisted, "because the role of judges differs from the role of politicians".
The Constitution of the Roman Republic was a set of guidelines and principles passed down mainly through precedent.
The Constitution of the Roman Republic was an unwritten set of guidelines and principles passed down mainly through precedent.
But it was Wright who made the decisive leap from an architecture that drew mainly on European stylistic precedents to one that was rooted in a growing cultural self-confidence.
This study showed that the majority of previous studies in this field were mainly focused on studying and modeling abstract case studies without any precedent in the real world.
Most commonly, they referred to the history of England, in particular the Glorious Revolution (often simply called "The Revolution"), classical history (mainly the Roman Republic and the leagues of Greek city-states), and recent precedents from Holland and Germany.
An attorney representing the three smaller districts said she was concerned mainly about the pairing of the names and addresses and cited legal precedent of records of just one category being released instead of both.
Most of Paley's churches followed precedents from the 13th and 14th centuries, and were in Early English, or in Decorated style, mainly the latter.
Feldman said that the lawyers the Commission usually taps for help at the attorney general's office, mainly Assistant Attorney General Lisa Brenner-Freemare are familiar with the Commission's work and with the precedent being established by its record of decisions.
Featuring rowdy descriptions of sex and profanity – mainly in Paris during the late 1920s and early 30s – these novels outraged readers and set new literary precedents.
