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juristic

American  
[joo-ris-tik] / dʒʊˈrɪs tɪk /
Also juristical

adjective

  1. of or relating to a jurist or to jurisprudence; juridical.


juristic British  
/ dʒʊˈrɪstɪk /

adjective

  1. of or relating to jurists

  2. of, relating to, or characteristic of the study of law or the legal profession

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Origin of juristic

First recorded in 1825–35; jurist + -ic

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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

It is obvious that this difference of intellectual attitude and of juristic training must exercise a far-reaching influence on the interpretation and construction of international enactments.

From The Future of International Law by Oppenheim, L. (Lassa)

In law, the autonomy of the separate States permitted a variety of juristic experiment, the best results of which have been copied now in the legislature of Great Britain.

From Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms by Matthews, Brander

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