jural
Americanadjective
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pertaining to law; legal.
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of or relating to rights and obligations.
adjective
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of or relating to law or to the administration of justice
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of or relating to rights and obligations
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of jural
1625–35; < Latin jūr- (stem of jūs ) law + -al 1
Example Sentences
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Legislation and the edict, so far as they had any more than a positive foundation of political authority, were but imperfect and ephemeral copies of this jural reality.
From An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law by Pound, Roscoe
Evidently the higher classes had the most reason to establish the jural consequences.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham
In this they may be right as regards a real arbitral decision given ex aequo et bono, but their arguments lose all force before the nakedly jural decision of a real court.
From The Future of International Law by Oppenheim, L. (Lassa)
Each State Legislature is a little political academy for the advancement of jural science and art.
From Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) by Parker, Theodore
Unquestionably, many jural phenomena lie behind these codes and preceded them in point of time.
From Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society by Maine, Henry Sumner, Sir
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