| 单词 | without precedent |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswithout precedent d. As a mass noun: precedents, esp. legal precedents, considered collectively; a system based on precedents. without precedent: without supporting example or authority; unprecedented. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > standard of conduct [phrase] > not > without precedent without precedent1593 1593 T. Bilson Perpetual Govt. Christes Church xvi. 388 All this, your selues being priuate men, take vpon you to deuise and establish without precedent. 1612 S. Daniel First Pt. Hist. Eng. i. 3 The trayne of affaires carried by precedent. 1671 W. Salmon Synopsis Medicinæ Introd. 4 We will not much praise it,..for it was wrot without President. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 28. ⁋7 Each comforts himself that his faults are not without precedent. 1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. v. 45 Your conduct was not justified by precedent. 1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. xvi. 362 The conservative English instinct, which..ever preferred the authority of precedent to any other guide. 1913 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 Feb. 5/3 The judge's proper rôle was to sit upon the bench, learnedly expounding text and precedent. 1913 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 Feb. 31/1 Gross receipts of the railroads were without precedent for dimensions, higher operating costs affecting the net unfavorably. 1985 R. C. A. White Admin. of Justice i. i. 7 A clear pecking order of courts exists which is of great importance in studying the doctrine of precedent, since decisions of courts higher in the hierarchy are generally binding on those lower in the hierarchy. 2001 Hist. Scotl. Winter 37/1 At the time the situation was without precedent in Scotland, for until then historic shipwrecks had fallen outside the remit of its statutory agencies. < as lemmas |
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