He had now achieved this, and from all who did not think it a bad precedent, his honorable exertions had won him due esteem; but in no part of the world is genteel visiting founded on esteem, in the absence of suitable furniture and complete dinner-service.
There was no precedent.
Not in the precedent.
Spokesman Caroline Cerny said: 'The ruling on Coco Pops Granola provides an important precedent for junk food marketing.
This precedent should worry even those who previously thought that diplomacy through strength was a sound approach.
But critics warned his decision to end his life solely on the grounds of old age set a dangerous precedent.
Not in the precedent.
Dr David Berg, a senior lecturer in education at the University of Otago, says there is a growing precedent for alternative "bush" schools worldwide, especially in Scandinavia, where some kindergarten children go ice-fishing during the school day.
Potentially, it sets a precedent for introducing China-specific versions of other Google apps and services in the future, although the company declined to comment when we asked it about that directly.
) Kings and queens are welcome to change the last names of their family at will, since it's a matter of precedent rather than an official decree.
If a higher court takes the opposite view — either in an appeal of this case or in a separate but similar case — the precedent could be reversed.
"The alliance will help strengthen Wanda's power to influence the global film industry, and set a good precedent for Chinese film producers in their international investment," the company said in a statement.
It added that Brussels' action set "an undesirable precedent that could lead to other tax authorities .
The decision is being seen as a precedent for protecting the privacy of cloud computing services.
They argue that the British law would set a precedent for authoritarian states.
Mr Comey acknowledged on Thursday that the ruling in the San Bernardino case could set a precedent that would be analysed by other courts, but said that it would apply to only a few limited cases that might involve the same phone model and the same operating system.
But it sets a precedent that, if extended to future negotiations over tax rules, could end up shifting the balance in taxing rights between industrialised and developing countries.
The Microsoft founder took issue with Tim Cook's characterisation of the government's order that Apple help break open the San Bernardino shooter's iPhone as a demand for a "back door", denying that it would set a wider precedent.
" Mr Comey made an emotional appeal to Apple and the US public on Sunday in a blog post on legal site Lawfare, saying the case was "quite narrow" and not intended to set a precedent.
That has been enough to establish jurisdiction in other cases, a precedent that has been particularly useful in prosecuting international terrorism suspects.