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nounthe collection of rules imposed by authority
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nounthe branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
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Definition that contains jurisprudence
- legal of or relating to jurisprudence
- precedent a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws
- juridical of or relating to the law or jurisprudence
- jurisprudentially in respect to jurisprudence or the science or philosophy of law
- matrimonial law that branch of jurisprudence that studies the laws governing matrimony
- case law a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws
- judicial doctrine (law) a principle underlying the formulation of jurisprudence
- law merchant the body of rules applied to commercial transactions; derived from the practices of traders rather than from jurisprudence
- mercantile law the body of rules applied to commercial transactions; derived from the practices of traders rather than from jurisprudence
- commercial law the body of rules applied to commercial transactions; derived from the practices of traders rather than from jurisprudence