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  1. Jun 19, 2024 · having or supported or justified by a precedent.

  2. Jun 4, 2024 · The meaning of SET A PRECEDENT is to decide something that will be used as an example or rule to be followed in the future. How to use set a precedent in a sentence.

  3. Jun 10, 2024 · Precedent, in law, a judgment or decision of a court that is cited in a subsequent dispute as an example or analogy to justify deciding a similar case or point of law in the same manner. Common law and equity, as found in English and American legal systems, rely strongly on the body of established.

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  4. Jun 13, 2024 · A precedent is a history of judicial decisions that form the basis of evaluation for future cases of a similar nature. The judge presiding over a case determines which precedents are relevant and can be applied to that specific case.

  5. 1 day ago · After more than thirteen years in England, including five years spent in prison, Julian Assange pleaded guilty in the Northern Mariana Islands, a far-flung US territory in the Pacific, and walked ...

  6. Jun 19, 2024 · Court - Judicial Lawmaking, Precedent, Jurisdiction: All courts apply preexisting rules (statutes) formulated by legislative bodies, though the procedures vary greatly between common-law and civil-law countries.

  7. 3 days ago · Drawing on moments from the presidencies of John Adams, James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, Woodrow Wilson and Richard Nixon, Brettschneider argues that citizen movements played an essential role in fighting back against presidential abuses of power and notes that those efforts offer a roadmap for people concerned that the United States has lost ...

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