jurisprudence
pronunciation
How to pronounce jurisprudence in British English:
UK [ˌdʒʊərɪsˈpru:dns]
How to pronounce jurisprudence in American English:
US [ˌdʒʊrɪsˈprudns]
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- Noun:
- the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
- the collection of rules imposed by authority
Word Origin
- jurisprudence (n.)
- 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.
Example
- 1. The court 's ruling will add to the billowing secular jurisprudence on the handling of disputes over religious assets .
- 2. 1870 For the first time in the history of jurisprudence , women serve on juries in the wyoming territory .
- 3. Like scholars of jurisprudence lost in a state of nature , corporate-governance gurus are scraping around , trying to formulate new rules .
- 4. Lootah , for instance , studied islamic jurisprudence in college , not western psychology , and her book is studded with religious references .
- 5. This is more than a dispute over theory and the niceties of international jurisprudence . It concerns the fundamental legitimacy of governments , which for autocrats can be a matter of life and death .