jurisprudence
noun
the science or philosophy of law.
jurisprudential
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a word derived from
jurisprudence.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Rasmussen makes Douglass’s conversion vivid and persuasive; Mr. Rebeiro exposes its jurisprudential machinery with impressive precision, even when that machinery clanks a little.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Hasina has denied all the charges and called her trial a "jurisprudential joke".
From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2025
Dahlia Lithwick is joined by Mark Joseph Stern for a romp through the jurisprudential headlines.
From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2022
“There might be a temptation to think of him as a jurisprudential gadfly,” Carpenter said.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 4, 2022
The second line of thought is jurisprudential skepticism.
From Anarchism by Paul Eltzbacher
