Meanings
plural jurisprudences
- uncountableusuallylawCase law, or the body of case law regarding a certain subject.
The concept of consent can be complicated, so much so that it is the subject of considerable jurisprudence and a formal definition in the Criminal Code.
2021 November 26, R. W. Elson, “R v Bear-Knight, 2021 SKQB 308”, in CanLII, retrieved 01 Jun 20221 more example
There is considerable jurisprudence to the effect that only the evidence that was before the initial decision-maker should be considered by the Court on judicial review.
1999 May 31, J. Dubé, “Chopra v. Canada (Treasury Board), 1999 CanLII 8044 (FC)”, in CanLII, retrieved 01 Jun 2022
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe theoretical study of law.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ey-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂óyu
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂yew-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂yéwos
- Proto-Italic*jowos
- Latiniūs
- Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
- Proto-Indo-European*pér
- Proto-Indo-European*pró
- Proto-Indo-European*pro-
- Proto-Italic*pro-
- Latinprō-
- Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
- Proto-Indo-European*widéh₁yeti
- Proto-Italic*widēō
- Latinvideō
- Latinprōvideō
- Latinprōvidēns
- Latinprūdēns
- Latiniūrisprūdēns
- Latiniūrisprūdentia
- Englishjurisprudence
Borrowed from Latin iūrisprūdentia (“expertise in the law”).
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Arabic إجْتِهَاد, فِقْه
- إجْتِهَاد (ʔijtihād)the theoretical study of law
- فِقْه (fiqh)the theoretical study of law
Bulgarian юриспруденция, право
- юриспруденция (jurisprudencija)the theoretical study of law
- право (pravo)the theoretical study of law
Catalan jurisprudència
- jurisprudènciathe theoretical study of law
Chinese Mandarin 法學 /法学, 法律學 /法律学
- 法學 /法学 (fǎxué)the theoretical study of law
- 法律學 /法律学 (fǎlǜxué)the theoretical study of law
- 法理學 /法理学 (fǎlǐxué)the theoretical study of law
Danish jura, retsvidenskab
- jurathe theoretical study of law
- retsvidenskabthe theoretical study of law
Dutch rechtswetenschap, rechtsgeleerdheid
- rechtswetenschapthe theoretical study of law
- rechtsgeleerdheidthe theoretical study of law
Esperanto juro
- jurothe theoretical study of law
Finnish oikeustiede
- oikeustiedethe theoretical study of law
French science du droit
- science du droitthe theoretical study of law
German Rechtswissenschaft
- Rechtswissenschaftthe theoretical study of law
Icelandic lögfræði
- lögfræðithe theoretical study of law
Indonesian yurisprudensi
- yurisprudensithe theoretical study of law
Irish dlí-eolaíocht
- dlí-eolaíochtthe theoretical study of law
Italian giurisprudenza, scienza del diritto
- giurisprudenzathe theoretical study of law
- scienza del dirittothe theoretical study of law
- teoria generale del dirittothe theoretical study of law
Japanese 法学
- 法学 (hōgaku)the theoretical study of law
Korean 법학
- 법학 (beophak)the theoretical study of law
Latin iuris prudentia, iurisprudentia
- iuris prudentiathe theoretical study of law
- iurisprudentiathe theoretical study of law
Persian حقوقشناسی
- حقوقشناسی (hoquq-šenâsi)the theoretical study of law
Polish prawoznawstwo, nauki prawne
- prawoznawstwothe theoretical study of law
- nauki prawnethe theoretical study of law
- jurysprudencjathe theoretical study of law
Portuguese ciência jurídica, jurisprudência
- ciência jurídicathe theoretical study of law
- jurisprudênciathe theoretical study of law
Russian законове́дение, пра́во
- законове́дение (zakonovédenije)the theoretical study of law
- пра́во (právo)the theoretical study of law
- правове́дение (pravovédenije)the theoretical study of law
- юриспруде́нция (jurisprudéncija)the theoretical study of law
Spanish jurisprudencia, derecho
- jurisprudenciathe theoretical study of law
- derechothe theoretical study of law
- jurispericiathe theoretical study of law
- abogacíathe theoretical study of law
- ciencia jurídicathe theoretical study of law
Swedish rättsvetenskap, juridik
- rättsvetenskapthe theoretical study of law
- juridikthe theoretical study of law
Tagalog palahatulan
- palahatulanthe theoretical study of law
Thai นิติศาสตร์
- นิติศาสตร์ (ní-dtì-sàat)the theoretical study of law
Ukrainian юриспруде́нція, правозна́вство
- юриспруде́нція (jurysprudéncija)the theoretical study of law
- правозна́вство (pravoznávstvo)the theoretical study of law
Vietnamese pháp luật học, triết luật học
- pháp luật họcthe theoretical study of law
- triết luật họcthe theoretical study of law
- luật họcthe theoretical study of law
Welsh cyfreitheg
- cyfreithegthe theoretical study of law
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Cite this entry
jurisprudence. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jurisprudence
“jurisprudence.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jurisprudence. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jurisprudence,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jurisprudence.
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