precedent

Indeed, the Japanese-owned corporation has set a horrible precedent.

Roberts has shown a tendency in other political law cases to make broad pronouncements, upsetting precedent.

“A scary precedent has been set,” she told the Observer back in May.

Furthermore, being designated as a victim of a separate genocide and not a Holocaust victim is precedent-setting.

Is there any recent precedent for a reluctant but strong warrior in Republican politics?

The council, however, resolved not to indulge the king, for fear of a dangerous precedent.

The Pope replied that reconciliation with the Church was an indispensable condition precedent.

Prothero's case defied all rule and precedent, and Brodrick was not prepared with a judgment of his own.

So dangerous a precedent being once admitted, it became necessary to resort to still other expedients.

An incident of this great experiment is worth recording, as possibly affording a hint and a precedent.