Jurisprudence

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The philosophy or science of law.
  • n. A division or department of law: medical jurisprudence.
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  • n. The philosophy, science, and study of law and decisions based on the interpretation thereof
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. 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.
  • n. The body of laws existing in a given state or nation.
  • n. 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.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
  • n. the collection of rules imposed by authority
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    Prudence    imprudence    prudence   
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