juristic
Americanadjective
adjective
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of or relating to jurists
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of, relating to, or characteristic of the study of law or the legal profession
Other Word Forms
- juristically adverb
- nonjuristic adjective
- nonjuristical adjective
- nonjuristically adverb
Etymology
Origin of juristic
Example Sentences
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Before that they always preferred to remain scholarly and juristic.
From Economist • Nov. 16, 2017
Other secondary sources of Islamic law are juristic preference, public interest and custom.
From Salon • Feb. 26, 2011
The men were all of Big Business color, but of technical shade: practical, juristic, masters of concrete planning rather than grandiose theorizing.
From Time Magazine Archive
Orthodox theology and the juristic system associated with it, especially that of Carpzov, justified this assumption in what is called the episcopal system.
From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.
Hence juristic thought addressed itself to this for a season rather than to the doctrine of consideration and the reason for non-enforcement of deliberate promises where not put in the form of bargains.
From An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law by Pound, Roscoe
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