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precedent

noun as in authoritative example

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“If we want to enact best practices and protect our own positions as institutional investors, it’s best to set precedent now,” Ramsower said.

Most notably, she will be able to sue employers on significant legal questions, potentially setting the stage for new precedents on civil-rights law.

Administration officials insist that their actions to date are legal, citing as precedent earlier agreements between federal agencies, including one example from the Biden administration.

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This sanctuary has not only set an important precedent in the protection of shipwrecks but has also led to another significant development.

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“Under binding Supreme Court precedent, a State may not, by legislative fiat, reopen time-barred claims and transfer property whose ownership is already vested,” the museum argued.

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