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jurisprudence definition - legal

n

  1. The study of the fundamental structure of a particular legal system or of legal systems in general.
  2. A body of case law serving as precedent.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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