Sentence examples for serve as precedent from inspiring English sources

Britain's experience might serve as precedent.

But the court could also rule that it was merely a statement that cannot serve as precedent.

And, if you ask me, the recent ruling might even serve as precedent for a nice legal challenge to some of our more ridiculous copyright laws.

Ring-enlarging vinylcyclopropane rearrangement reactions to produce cyclopentenes are well known and serve as precedent for vinylcyclopropenes rearranging to cyclopentadienes.

(To wit, if people do stupid things under the law, they tend to serve as precedent against repetition).

Planned Parenthood managed to win a legal battle that will almost certainly serve as precedent for this one.

N.L.R.B. officials evidently hope that victories in the Arizona and South Dakota cases would serve as precedents to invalidate the South Carolina and Utah prohibitions.

Fokine's earlier dramatic works serve as precedents for this psychological study, although Fokine might have been startled by Tudor's tale of a repressed woman who impulsively allows herself to be seduced by a cad.

One state's mandates can also serve as precedents for others [ 9].

Yet if the Betamax decision serves as precedent, the repercussions are likely to extend beyond the publishing industry.

If our experience with block grants serves as precedent, it is most likely to become less generous over time.