Whether this will set a precedent for many other aggrieved groups is doubtful.
Fasi Zaka, a newspaper columnist, worries that the precedent could be used by governments to stifle criticism.
The only thing that is clear is that if your correspondent should be shown the door, there is a sweeping legal precedent in his favour.
The National Revolutionary Army during the Northern Expedition provides an admirable precedent, for in general it did establish unity between officers and men and between the army and the people;
When a precedent is overruled the effect is retrospective.
Is there a precedent for what you want me to do?
"We hope we can set a precedent and help strengthen the protection of consumer rights in China," said Mr Jiang.
He set an important legal precedent in 1935 when he successfully challenged the University of Maryland Law School for refusing to admit a black student.
The second danger is of setting an awkward precedent.
No matter how the Court decides this case, it will not be simply by applying past precedent.
That was bad enough, what with the nuisance of 300-odd years of precedent affirming the right of the press to report whatever MPs say or do.
The theory and method of precedent cellular arrays divider by means of FPGA are introduced.
But later the precedent became law, requiring any President, however able he is, no matter what the situation is, to leave after the second term.
The auto [bailout] sets a precedent I don't much like.
Not surprisingly, parents and privacy groups have a huge problem with children's biometric data being so cataloged — not to mention the precedent it sets.
On historical precedent, it could be any time in the next two years.
It rejects decades of legal precedent, which make one spouse the other's guardian.
They are not only balancing budgets, they are setting precedent for a process that will last decades.
I am unwilling to set a precedent.
If the court orders a new round of bidding or increases the lenders' take, it will establish a precedent that MLB's prerogatives cannot trump those of an insolvent club's creditors.
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