Justice is the constant and perpetual desire to give to each one that to which he is entitled. Jurisprudence is the knowledge of matters divine and human, and the comprehension of what is just and what is unjust.
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Jurisprudence
//ˈd͡ʒʊəɹɪsˌpɹuːdəns//
Synonyms for "jurisprudence" (5 found)
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69 translations across 41 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- jurisprudencë noun (the theoretical study of law)
Arabic
2 entries- إجْتِهَاد noun (the theoretical study of law)
- فِقْه noun (the theoretical study of law)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- hüquqşünaslıq noun (the theoretical study of law)
Bulgarian
2 entries- право noun (the theoretical study of law)
- юриспруденция noun (the theoretical study of law)
Burmese
1 entries- ဥပဒေပညာ noun (the theoretical study of law)
Catalan
1 entries- jurisprudència noun (the theoretical study of law)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 法學 /法学 noun (the theoretical study of law)
- 法律學 /法律学 noun (the theoretical study of law)
- 法理學 /法理学 noun (the theoretical study of law)
Danish
2 entries- jura noun (the theoretical study of law)
- retsvidenskab noun (the theoretical study of law)
Dutch
2 entries- rechtsgeleerdheid noun (the theoretical study of law)
- rechtswetenschap noun (the theoretical study of law)
Esperanto
1 entries- juro noun (the theoretical study of law)
Faroese
1 entries- løgfrøði noun (the theoretical study of law)
Finnish
1 entries- oikeustiede noun (the theoretical study of law)
French
1 entries- science du droit noun (the theoretical study of law)
Galician
1 entries- xurisprudencia noun (the theoretical study of law)
Georgian
4 entries- იურისპრუდენცია noun (the theoretical study of law)
- კანონთმცოდნეობა noun (the theoretical study of law)
- სამართალმცოდნეობა noun (the theoretical study of law)
- სამართალწარმოება noun (the theoretical study of law)
German
1 entries- Rechtswissenschaft noun (the theoretical study of law)
Icelandic
1 entries- lögfræði noun (the theoretical study of law)
Ido
1 entries- yurocienco noun (the theoretical study of law)
Indonesian
1 entries- yurisprudensi noun (the theoretical study of law)
Interlingua
1 entries- jurisprudentia noun (the theoretical study of law)
Irish
1 entries- dlí-eolaíocht noun (the theoretical study of law)
Italian
3 entries- giurisprudenza noun (the theoretical study of law)
- scienza del diritto noun (the theoretical study of law)
- teoria generale del diritto noun (the theoretical study of law)
Japanese
1 entries- 法学 noun (the theoretical study of law)
Kazakh
2 entries- заңтану noun (the theoretical study of law)
- құқықтану noun (the theoretical study of law)
Korean
1 entries- 법학 noun (the theoretical study of law)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- укук таануу noun (the theoretical study of law)
Ladino
1 entries- din noun (the theoretical study of law)
Latin
2 entries- iuris prudentia noun (the theoretical study of law)
- iurisprudentia noun (the theoretical study of law)
Macedonian
1 entries- јуриспруде́нција noun (the theoretical study of law)
Persian
1 entries- حقوقشناسی noun (the theoretical study of law)
Polish
3 entries- jurysprudencja noun (the theoretical study of law)
- nauki prawne noun (the theoretical study of law)
- prawoznawstwo noun (the theoretical study of law)
Portuguese
2 entries- ciência jurídica noun (the theoretical study of law)
- jurisprudência noun (the theoretical study of law)
Russian
4 entries- законове́дение noun (the theoretical study of law)
- пра́во noun (the theoretical study of law)
- правове́дение noun (the theoretical study of law)
- юриспруде́нция noun (the theoretical study of law)
Spanish
4 entries- abogacía noun (the theoretical study of law)
- derecho noun (the theoretical study of law)
- esciencia jurídica noun (the theoretical study of law)
- jurispericia noun (the theoretical study of law)
Swedish
2 entries- juridik noun (the theoretical study of law)
- rättsvetenskap noun (the theoretical study of law)
Tagalog
1 entries- palahatulan noun (the theoretical study of law)
Thai
1 entries- นิติศาสตร์ noun (the theoretical study of law)
Ukrainian
2 entries- правозна́вство noun (the theoretical study of law)
- юриспруде́нція noun (the theoretical study of law)
Uzbek
1 entries- huquqshunoslik noun (the theoretical study of law)
Vietnamese
3 entries- luật học noun (the theoretical study of law)
- pháp luật học noun (the theoretical study of law)
- triết luật học noun (the theoretical study of law)
Welsh
1 entries- cyfreitheg noun (the theoretical study of law)
Sample sentences
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The jurisprudence on abortion is currently split in the United States, between those states that are trying to ban it and those states that are seeking to expand access.
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I'm not familiar with Canadian jurisprudence.
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Shariah is the broad collection of laws compiled over a thousand years of Muslim jurisprudence based on the Koran and its commentaries, the Sunnah or Hadith.
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