JURISPRUDENCE
Definition:
- [noun] the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
Synonyms: law, legal philosophy
- [noun] the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
Synonyms: law
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Related Words:
- contract law
- corporation law
- matrimonial law
- patent law
- administrative law
- canon law, ecclesiastical law
- civil law
- common law, case law, precedent
- international law, law of nations
- law of the land
- maritime law, admiralty law
- martial law
- mercantile law, commercial law, law merchant
- military law
- Mosaic law, Law of Moses
- shariah, shariah law, sharia, sharia law, Islamic law
- statutory law
- securities law
- tax law
