precedent-setting
1precedent */ — UK [ˈpresɪdənt] / US noun Word forms precedent : singular precedent plural precedents 1) [countable/uncountable] an action or event in the past that is used as an example or reason for a present action or event precedent for: There are good… …
2precedent — prec|e|dent [ presıdənt ] noun * 1. ) count or uncount an action or event in the past that is used as an example or reason for a present action or event: precedent for: There are good precedents for this sort of cooperation between organizations …
3setting a legal precedent — legal ruling which sets a basis for future rulings …
4setting a precedent — innovative court verdict; defining a new path …
5LNWR Improved Precedent Class — Infobox Locomotive powertype=Steam name = LNWR Improved Precedent Class caption = 790 Hardwicke in steam at the Rainhill Trials 150th anniversary calvacade, 1980. designer = builder = builddate = 1887 1901 totalproduction = whytetype = 2 4 0… …
6Argument from setting a precedent — Argument from precedent is a common fallacy in discussion, for example on committees or in meetings. It consists in saying that to act correctly in circumstances X would be inadvisable, in case others consider that this would set a precedent for… …
7David Esrati — A yard sign from one of Esrati s campaigns Born September 14, 1962(1962 09 14) Celina, OH …
8collusive action — n. A lawsuit brought by people who do not actually have a grievance in order to see how the court will rule or to establish a precedent; courts will not hear collusive actions because they have no real controversy. The Essential Law Dictionary.… …
9Islāmic world — Introduction prehistory and history of the Islamic community. Adherence to Islām is a global phenomenon: Muslims predominate in some 30 to 40 countries, from the Atlantic to the Pacific and along a belt that stretches across northern… …
10Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon — For the writer who lived 1821–1869, see Lucie, Lady Duff Gordon. Lucy Christiana, Lady Duff Gordon Lucile in 1919, photographed by Arnold Genthe Born 13 June 1863 London, England …
