Sentences with phrase «established case law precedent»

Point out that your daughter, according to established case law precedent, is old enough to have her wishes taken into account and Wall LJ should have asked her where she wanted to live.

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Thus, when the Court in Casey asks that its case law be given the obedience due to the Constitution, and when it insists that, above all, it must remain loyal to its own recently established precedents, it makes a reasonable request within the context of the new constitutional regime.

This means that they are only subject to personal liability for money damages in cases where the meaning of the law with respect to the situation in question is «clearly established» which usually means that it involves a legal issue that has been resolved in a binding case law precedent.

Tell the class that, in the field of law, a precedent is a rule established in an earlier case.

For years, Bryan Garner has favored the use of caselaw over case law to describe precedent established by judicial decisions.

Is there any case law or precedent which establishes that a contract can have multiple «shall not exceed» bounds without requiring a final «take the minimum» clause?

Claims brought by a person on behalf of a group of persons to establish a precedent on a particular point of law («test cases»)

Now, what you'll hear about this one is a bit technical: that the Supreme Court in 2005 made a major decision known as «Brand X» establishing the precedent that, in case of ambiguity in the law (like how broadband companies should be defined), the courts would defer to any reasonable interpretation made by an expert agency like the FCC.

Claims brought by a person on behalf of a group of persons to establish a precedent on a particular point of law («test cases»)