word | jurisprudence |
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definition | (1) A system of law. (2) The study and philosophy of law. |
eg_sentence | As a young lawyer his heroes were the crusaders of 20th-century jurisprudence, especially Louis Brandeis and Thurgood Marshall. |
explanation | Jurisprudence as a study may have begun in the Roman empire, where schools of law were first established. And Roman jurisprudence, like so many other things the Romans created, served as the model in later centuries throughout the Western world. And like many other legal words, jurisprudence is used only in formal writing. |
IPA | ˌʤʊrəˈsprudəns |
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