jurisprudence
noun/ˌdʒʊərɪsˈpruːdns/
/ˌdʒʊrɪsˈpruːdns/
[uncountable] (specialist)- the scientific study of law
- a professor of jurisprudence
- a legal system
- In American jurisprudence this is called judicial legislation.
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from late Latin jurisprudentia, from Latin jus, jur- ‘law’ + prudentia ‘knowledge’.
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