jurisprude

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noun

One who studies jurisprudence.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

nounjurisprude (plural jurisprudes)

plural jurisprudes

  1. One who studies jurisprudence.

    To judge a Chief Justice is usually the task of a historian or a jurisprude.

    1975, New Hampshire Bar Journal, volume 17, page 37
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    Perhaps a legal ethicist or a jurisprude could qualify to testify on the moral or legal necessity to bring an incompetent accused to trial by means of chemical manipulation of the brain, but not a doctor.

    1993, Nevada. Supreme Court, Reports of Cases Determined by the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada

    [Feldman] truly views Kavanaugh as this Machiavellian, power-hungry, affection-desiring, empty-suited jurisprude.

    2021, Josh Blackman, Noah Feldman Indulges in Brett Kavanaugh Fan Fiction on Dobbs, in: reason.com, 2021-08-23

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Chicago

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