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
Thus, when the law has been growing through juristic activity, a philosophical theory of law, as declaratory of philosophically ascertainable principles, has obtained.
From An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law by Pound, Roscoe
Under Marcus Aurelius the colleges were recognized as juristic persons, with power to manumit slaves and receive legacies.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly
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