historical precedent

collocation in English

meaningsofhistoricalandprecedent

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historical
adjective
uk
/hɪˈstɒr.ɪ.kəl/us
/hɪˈstɔːr.ɪ.kəl/
connected with studying or representing things from ...
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precedent
noun
uk
/ˈpres.ɪ.dənt/us
/ˈpres.ə.dent/
an action, situation, or decision that has already happened and can be used as a reason why a similar action or decision should be performed ...
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(Definition ofhistoricalandprecedentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The author's discussion reconsiders the philosophy of history and the cultural significance ofhistoricalprecedentin defining political action.
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Noticeably absent from the list above is a justification based onhistoricalprecedent.
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Historicalprecedentsuggests that, in democracies, both central redistribution in social spending and retrenchment of established social programmes are facilitated by jurisdiction-wide political parties.
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These debates revolved in turn around questions ofhistoricalprecedentand led to further debate over what was known about past events and by whom.
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Such transfers are not withouthistoricalprecedent.
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They may serve various ideological purposes -historicalprecedentmay be recreated or rejected, revered or reviled, but functions in all cases as the cover's point of reference.
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Part of my reason for initiating the debate is that our fears are based onhistoricalprecedent.
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What has happened over the past three weeks—an incredibly short period of time—is withouthistoricalprecedent.
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In addition, existing political parties with similar names, for which there is a clearhistoricalprecedent, will be able to register in the initial stages.
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There is plenty ofhistoricalprecedentfor that.
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There is no point in simply looking athistoricalprecedent.
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There is sometimes a value inhistoricalprecedent.
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Secondly, we were interested to note his reliance uponhistoricalprecedent.
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We have, after all, a pretty exacthistoricalprecedent.
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In a sense, he has today set anhistoricalprecedent.
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We shall not have time later to discuss these complexities, but surely thehistoricalprecedentshould be modified.
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To say that because it is a public body and is statutorily appointed it will always act with moderation is not proved byhistoricalprecedent.
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It is withouthistoricalprecedent: it is unknown for monetary union to go ahead before the achievement of political union.
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Our policy in every quarter of the globe appears to be based neither uponhistoricalprecedentnor upon any real knowledge of foreign affairs.
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We are following this remarkablehistoricalprecedent2,000 years later.
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