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Antonyms for jurisprudence
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : joo r-is-prood-ns, joo r-is-prood- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌdʒʊər ɪsˈprud ns, ˈdʒʊər ɪsˌprud- |
Definition of jurisprudence
Origin :- 1620s, "knowledge of law," from French jurisprudence (17c.) and directly from Late Latin iurisprudentia "the science of law," from iuris "of right, of law" (genitive of ius; see jurist) + prudentia "knowledge, a foreseeing" (see prudence). Meaning "the philosophy of law" is first attested 1756. Related: Jurisprudential.
- As in law : noun rules of a government, society
- The true principle is taught not by jurisprudence but by history.
- Extract from : « The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of Citizens » by Georg Jellinek
- Why jurisprudence, when there were no bad morals from which good laws sprang?
- Extract from : « Erasmus and the Age of Reformation » by Johan Huizinga
- No durable system of jurisprudence could be produced in this way.
- Extract from : « Ancient Law » by Sir Henry James Sumner Maine
- But from the mature Roman jurisprudence it had entirely disappeared.
- Extract from : « Ancient Law » by Sir Henry James Sumner Maine
- The province of legislation is jus dare—of jurisprudence, jus dicere.
- Extract from : « An Essay on Professional Ethics » by George Sharswood
- Is it a principle of your jurisprudence to permit the guilty to assign their own punishment?
- Extract from : « Tancred » by Benjamin Disraeli
- His system of jurisprudence, therefore, has been described as historical and traditional.
- Extract from : « The Faith of Islam » by Edward Sell
- Of these he incorporated thirty thousand into his system of jurisprudence.
- Extract from : « The Faith of Islam » by Edward Sell
- Jurisprudence has passed through the dominion of this tendency.
- Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
- He founded a convent for Sufis and a professorship of jurisprudence.
- Extract from : « Mystics and Saints of Islam » by Claud Field
Synonyms for jurisprudence
- act
- assize
- behest
- bidding
- bylaw
- canon
- case
- caveat
- charge
- charter
- code
- command
- commandment
- constitution
- covenant
- decision
- decree
- decretum
- demand
- dictate
- divestiture
- due process
- edict
- enactment
- equity
- garnishment
- injunction
- institute
- instruction
- jurisprudence
- legislation
- mandate
- measure
- notice
- order
- ordinance
- precedent
- precept
- prescript
- prescription
- reg
- regulation
- requirement
- ruling
- statute
- subpoena
- summons
- warrant
- writ
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