jurisprudence
1. [ noun ] (law,philosophy) the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
Synonyms: law legal_philosophy
Related terms: philosophy matrimonial_law corporation_law patent_law contract_law
2. [ noun ] (law) the collection of rules imposed by authority
Synonyms: law
Examples:

"civilization presupposes respect for the law" "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

Related terms: collection international_law civil_law mercantile_law maritime_law military_law tax_law Mosaic_law canon_law islamic_law statutory_law martial_law law_of_the_land securities_law case_law administrative_law law bill lawsuit trial interest legal_action testify file act judgment party marriage award law use court trial owner lawyer testify convict hearing opinion legislation effect client divorce appeal evidence public_law transcript sentence justice trustee license will due_process testimony legislative_act relief proceeding ancestral mandate advocate law_enforcement prosecutor decree grand_jury defendant legal_power bequest plead judgment divestiture joint_resolution prosecution liquidator amicus_curiae imprisonment condemnation imprison attorney_general grant civil_law extenuate nuisance ordinary assignment finding prohibition fundamental_law rationale enactment law production escheat assignee pardon mercantile_law Supreme_Court alibi writ deed warrant brief right_of_entry legislation right_to_vote court_order dock therefor undue presentment direct_evidence record witness challenge antitrust_case promulgator trial_judge litigant justice_of_the_peace jurist test_case chief_justice get_off minor maritime_law trial_court combination_in_restraint_of_trade litigation Department_of_Justice declaration corpus_delicti deposition nugatory enabling_act mandamus certiorari subpoena_duces_tecum cross-examination judgment_of_dismissal verdict docket search_warrant dissent enabling_legislation plead summation criminal_law patent_right eviction legal_system civil_right eminent_domain voting_system allegation legalization review legal_duty plea judicial_review double_jeopardy plea-bargain charge kidnapping mistrial defense retrial false_imprisonment revertible quo_warranto administrative_hearing legal_separation demur consensual abatement_of_a_nuisance annulment dissolution_of_marriage amnesty actual_possession commutation waste trust_busting constructive_possession probation reprieve criminal_possession concurrent_negligence comparative_negligence civil_contempt criminal_contempt contempt obstruction_of_justice civil_suit contempt_of_Congress contributory_negligence class-action_suit criminal_suit contempt_of_court bastardy_proceeding adoption contumacy criminal_negligence
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