Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The philosophy or science of law.
- noun A division, type, or particular body of law.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The science of law; the systematic knowledge of the laws, customs, and rights of men in a state or community necessary for the due administration of justice; the science which treats of compulsory laws, with special reference to their philosophy and history.
- noun The body of laws existing in a given state or nation.
- noun More specifically, the body of unwritten or judicial law considered in the light of its underlying principles and characteristic tendencies, and as distinguished from statute or legislative law.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The science of juridical law; the knowledge of the laws, customs, and rights of men in a state or community, necessary for the due administration of justice.
- noun that branch of juridical law which concerns questions of medicine.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun law The
philosophy ,science , andstudy oflaw and decisions based on theinterpretation thereof
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
- noun the collection of rules imposed by authority
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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After rejecting a religious career, Sebastian took a degree in jurisprudence from the Colegio de San Ildefonso in Mexico City.
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After rejecting a religious career, Sebastian took a degree in jurisprudence from the Colegio de San Ildefonso in Mexico City.
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The most common definition today in American jurisprudence is a crime which is punishable by imprisonment for more than 1 year, or by death.
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While the jurisprudence is a little bit different north of the border, these videos are a great example of an enduring principle of Canadian criminal law.
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The Eighth Amendment jurisprudence is a huge mess.
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Happily your understanding of Second Amendment jurisprudence is as weak as your understanding of Bush v. Gore.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Violent Misdemeanants, the Right to Bear Arms, and the Right to Vote 2010
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He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University with a degree in journalism and worked as a reporter for the Los Angeles Times before obtaining his doctorate of jurisprudence from the University of
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Happily your understanding of Second Amendment jurisprudence is as weak as your understanding of Bush v. Gore.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Violent Misdemeanants, the Right to Bear Arms, and the Right to Vote 2010
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Peter Damian, who lost both his parents while still very young and was raised by his siblings, received a superlative education in jurisprudence and Greek and Latin culture.
Saints 2009
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SCt jurisprudence is developed with institutional media in mind; at first it seemed that the Court might not even apply the protections to nonmedia defendants.
Archive 2009-04-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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