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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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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