Synonyms for jurisprudence
ˌdʒʊər ɪsˈprud nsju·rispru·dence

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1. jurisprudence

   Law, in its ideal, is the statement of a principle of right in mandatory form, by competent authority, with adequate penalty for disobedience; in common use, the term is applied to any legislative act, however imperfect or unjust. Command and commandment are personal and particular; as, the commands of a parent; the ten commandments. An edict is the act of an absolute sovereign or other authority; we speak of the edict of an emperor, the decree of a court. A mandate is specific, for an occasion or a purpose; a superior court issues its mandate to an inferior court to send up its records. Statute is the recognized legal term for a specific law; enactment is the more vague and general expression. We speak of algebraic or chemical formulas, municipal ordinances, military orders, army regulations, ecclesiastical canons, the rules of a business house. Law is often used, also, for a recognized principle, whose violation is attended with injury or loss that acts like a penalty; as, the laws of business; the laws of nature. In more strictly scientific use, a natural law is simply a recognized system of sequences or relations; as, Kepler's laws of planetary distances. A code is a system of laws; jurisprudence is the science of law, or a system of laws scientifically considered, classed, and interpreted; legislation, primarily the act of legislating, denotes also the body of statutes enacted by a legislative body. An economy (Greek oikonomia, primarily the management of a house) is any comprehensive system of administration; as, domestic economy; but the word is extended to the administration or government of a state or people, signifying a body of laws and regulations, with the entire system, political or religious, especially the latter, of which they form a part; as, the code of Draco, Roman jurisprudence, British legislation, the Mosaic economy. Law is also used as a collective noun for a system of laws or recognized rules or regulations, including not only all special laws, but the principles on which they are based. The Mosaic economy is known also as the Mosaic law, and we speak of the English common law, or the law of nations. Polity (Greek politeia, from polis, a city) signifies the form, constitution, or method of government of a nation, state, church, or other institution; in usage it differs from economy as applying rather to the system, while economy applies especially to method, or to the system as administered; an economy might be termed a polity considered with especial reference to its practical administration, hence commonly with special reference to details or particulars, while polity has more reference to broad principles.

   Synonyms:
   canon, code, command, commandment, decree, economy, edict, enactment, formula, law, legislation, mandate, order, ordinance, polity, principle, regulation, rule, statute

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1. jurisprudence, law, legal philosophynoun

   the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do

   Synonyms:
   natural law, police force, police, constabulary, law of nature, practice of law, legal philosophy, law

2. law, jurisprudencenoun

   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:
   natural law, police, constabulary, law of nature, practice of law, legal philosophy, police force, law

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1. jurisprudencenoun

   Synonyms:
   science of law

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1. List of paraphrases for "jurisprudence":

   case-law, jurisprudencia, caselaw, jurisprudential, fiqh, precedent, doctrine, precedents

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1. Solicitor General:

   You can't understand how important Anthony Kennedy affirmative action opinion is without understanding Anthony Kennedy earlier jurisprudence, for decades, Anthony Kennedy has been the court's most eloquent voice on the need to be color blind -- why Anthony Kennedy changed Anthony Kennedy mind is something historians will debate for decades.

2. Gregory Poling:

   It will have enormous impact on future jurisprudence and on the perceived legitimacy of other claims in the South China Sea and around the world.

3. Katie Yarger:

   Those early years, when a justice is establishing his or her jurisprudence and style, are particularly challenging.

4. Rick Hasen:

   No, Roe v. Wade was not overruled tonight, but the ease with which Texas purported to bulldoze the Court's abortion jurisprudence tells you all you need to know about the right to choose before this Court.

5. Patrick Leahy:

   Judge Jackson is Judge Jackson. She is not a puppet of the so-called radical left. She's been praised by Republican-appointed judges for her jurisprudence.