Meanings
plural jurisprudes
- 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 372 more examples
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
Synonyms & antonyms
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