jurisprudence

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iūrisprūdentia (“astuteness in the law”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒʊəɹɪsˌpɹuːdəns/, /ˌdʒʊəɹɪsˈpɹuːdəns/
• Homophone: jurisprudents

Noun

jurisprudence (usually uncountable, plural jurisprudences)

1. (law) The theoretical study of law.

   Synonym: legal theory

2. (law) Case law, or the body of case law regarding a certain subject.
   • 1999 May 31, Dubé, J., “Chopra v. Canada (Treasury Board), 1999 CanLII 8044 (FC)”, in CanLII‎^[1], retrieved 1 June 2022:

     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.

   • 2021 November 26, R. W. Elson, J., “R v Bear-Knight, 2021 SKQB 308”, in CanLII‎^[2], retrieved 1 June 2022:

     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.

Related terms

• prudence

Translations

the theoretical study of law

• Arabic: إجْتِهَاد m (ʔijtihād), فِقْه (ar) m (fiqh)
• Azerbaijani: hüquqşünaslıq
• Bulgarian: юриспруденция (bg) f (jurisprudencija), право (bg) n (pravo)
• Burmese: ဥပဒေပညာ (u.pa.depa.nya)
• Catalan: jurisprudència f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 法學／法学 (zh) (fǎxué), 法学 (zh) (fǎxué), 法律學／法律学 (zh) (fǎlǜxué), 法律学 (zh) (fǎlǜxué), 法理學／法理学 (zh) (fǎlǐxué), 法理学 (zh) (fǎlǐxué)

• Danish: jura (da), retsvidenskab
• Dutch: rechtswetenschap (nl) f, rechtsgeleerdheid (nl) f
• Esperanto: juro (eo),
• Faroese: løgfrøði f
• Finnish: oikeustiede (fi)
• French: théorie du droit f
• Galician: xurisprudencia (gl) f
• Georgian: კანონთმცოდნეობა (ḳanontmcodneoba), სამართლისმცოდნეობა (samartlismcodneoba), იურისპრუდენცია (iurisṗrudencia), სამართალმცოდნეობა (samartalmcodneoba), სამართალწარმოება (samartalc̣armoeba)
• German: Rechtswissenschaft (de) f
• Icelandic: lögfræði f
• Ido: yurocienco (io)
• Indonesian: yurisprudensi (id)
• Interlingua: jurisprudentia
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• Irish: dlí-eolaíocht f
• Japanese: 法学 (ja) (ほうがく, hōgaku)
• Kazakh: заңтану (zañtanu), құқықтану (qūqyqtanu)
• Korean: 법학 (ko) (beophak)
• Latin: iuris prudentia, iurisprudentia f
• Macedonian: јуриспруде́нција f (jurisprudéncija)
• Persian: حقوق‌شناسی (hoquq-šenâsi)
• Polish: prawoznawstwo (pl) n, nauki prawne f pl, jurysprudencja (pl) f
• Portuguese: jurisprudência (pt) f
• Russian: законове́дение (ru) n (zakonovédenije), пра́во (ru) n (právo), правове́дение (ru) n (pravovédenije), юриспруде́нция (ru) f (jurisprudéncija)
• Spanish: jurisprudencia (es) f
• Swedish: rättsvetenskap c, juridik (sv) c
• Tagalog: palahatulan
• Thai: นิติศาสตร์ (th) (ní-dtì-sàat)
• Ukrainian: юриспруде́нція (uk) f (jurysprudéncija), правозна́вство (uk) n (pravoznávstvo)
• Uzbek: huquqshunoslik (uz)
• Vietnamese: pháp luật học, luật học (vi)

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “jurisprudence”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iūrisprūdentia (“astuteness in the law”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒy.ʁis.pʁy.dɑ̃s/

• Audio:

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Noun

jurisprudence f (uncountable)

1. case law

Further reading

• “jurisprudence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.