A landmark decision that set a legal precedent.

该法庭的裁决确立了一个先例。

Legal precedent for using MEJA and other laws remains slender.

适用MEJA和其他法律的先例仍然稀少。

The function of legal precedent has been more and more valued.

判例的机能在大陆法系国家日益受到重视。

Once the legal precedent was in place, an obscure 1789 edict comes into play.

一旦司法程序启动，一个模糊的1789法令将被付诸实践。

It rejects decades of legal precedent, which make one spouse the other's guardian.

它抛弃了几十年来将配偶作为另一方保护人的司法先例。