Theatrical art has a number of historical precedents dating back at least to the Baroque era with Bernini's "Ecstasy of St. Theresa."

The ruling was that maritime punitive damages should not exceed the compensatory damages, supported by a peculiar precedent dating back from 1818.

The 1st edition of a volume of works containing the precedents of the House of Representatives, dating from the First to the Seventy-Fourth Congress.

The procedure is used infrequently, but there are precedents dating back more than a century.

He abandoned or muted his denunciations of major precedents dating to 1922 that have expanded individual rights, while reaffirming his criticisms of others without using the provocative language he has used in the past.

The decision whether or not to extradite Fujimori was delegated by the Chilean government to the Supreme Court, following precedent dating to a 1932 extradition treaty between the two nations.

Art history as we know it in the 21st century began in the 19th century but has precedents dating to the ancient world.

That would be tantamount to allowing a patent on an abstract idea, contrary to precedent dating back to the middle of the 19th century.

The practice of census-taking in Mexico may have precedents dating back to the late pre-Columbian period.

Critics suggest that his reforms to the judicial system undermine centuries of British legal precedent dating back to the 1215 Magna Carta, particularly the right to a fair trial and trial by jury.