1. jurisprudence

noun. ['ˌdʒʊrəˈspruːdəns'] the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do.

Rhymes with Jurisprudence

• imprudence

Sentences with jurisprudence

1. Noun, singular or mass
The term "Islamic jurisprudence" refers to the body of legal scholarship and debate developed throughout Islamic history.

Quotes about jurisprudence

1. The science, the art, the jurisprudence, the chief political and social theories, of the modern world have grown out of Greece and Rome—not by favour of, but in the teeth of, the fundamental teachings of early Christianity, to which science, art, and any serious occupation with the things of this world were alike despicable.
- Thomas Henry Huxley, Agnosticism and Christianity and Other Essays

2. jurisprudence

noun. ['ˌdʒʊrəˈspruːdəns'] the collection of rules imposed by authority.