jurisprudence

Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Legal, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.

Related to jurisprudence: Islamic jurisprudence

jurisprudence

[jo̳r″is-proo´dens]

the science of the law.

medical jurisprudence the science of the law as applied to the practice of medicine; see also forensic medicine.

jur·is·pru·dence

(jūr'is-prū'dens),

The science of law, its principles and concepts.

[L. juris prudentia, knowledge of law]

jurisprudence

/jur·is·pru·dence/ (jldbomacr″is-proo´dens) the science of the law.

medical jurisprudence the science of the law as applied to the practice of medicine.

jurisprudence

[jo̅o̅′rispro̅o̅′dəns]

Etymology: L, jus, law, prudentia, knowledge

the science and philosophy of law. Medical jurisprudence relates to the interfacing of medicine with criminal and civil law.

jurisprudence

The science of law. Medical jurisprudence is another term for FORENSIC MEDICINE.

jur·is·pru·dence

(jūr'is-prū'dĕns)

Legal principles and concepts.

jurisprudence

(jŏŏr´isproo´dəns),
n the philosophy of law.

jurisprudence, dental (forensic dentistry),

n 1. the science that teaches the application of every branch of dental knowledge to the purposes of the law; this also includes the elucidation of doubtful legal questions.
n 2. the state laws and codes covering the legal limitations of the practice of the profession of dentistry.

n the science that applies the principles and practice of the different branches of medicine in the elucidation of doubtful questions in a court of justice. Also called
forensic medicine.

jurisprudence

the science of the law.

medical jurisprudence

the science of the law as applied to the practice of medicine.

References in periodicals archive ?

In contrast, the role of law in virtue jurisprudence is to promote the flourishing of humans and their societies.

The law of duty and the virtue of justice

Provide final juristic opinion on issues of compliance with the principles of Islamic commercial jurisprudence in the field of economics and finance

Formalising Islamic finance

It also stressed the importance of studying the renovating jurisprudence models and benefiting from them.

Symposium on the "Evolution of Fiqh Sciences" Concludes

These foster three different levels of legal engagement: doctrine, jurisprudence and commentaries.

Irina Olivia Calinescu, Posesia si efectele sale juridice (Possession and its legal effects)

The Minister, meeting a group of women preachers at al-Othman Mosque in Damascus to launch jurisprudence of crisis program, added that jurisprudence is derived from religious sources.

Endowments Minister: Participation of women in jurisprudence of crisis is important

At the same time, Jordanian GrievanceLaw agrees with Islamic jurisprudence in the point which renders the grievances judge is competent to hear the disputes in which the state is a party.

Functional specialization for judge of grievances in Islamic law, Jordanian law and Saudi law

Slobogin (1995) asserted that therapeutic jurisprudence proponents' "heavy reliance on such data will mean their conclusions are subject to all of the vagaries that afflict social science itself" (p.

Social work and the law: a therapeutic jurisprudence perspective

Therapeutic jurisprudence can be seen as a theoretical grounding for this developing judicial movement.

Therapeutic jurisprudence and problem solving courts

She directs the Center for Earth Jurisprudence at the law schools at St.

Nature can use a lawyer: Center for Earth Jurisprudence seeks to give legal rights to forests, birds and streams

The 'high and impregnable' wall central to the past 50 years of church-state jurisprudence is not Jefferson's wall; rather, it is the wall that Black--Justice Hugo Black--built in 1947 in Everson v.

Everson at 60: six decades ago, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the most important church-state decision you never heard of--and kicked off the culture wars that reverberate today

Rather than question preventive action on moral grounds, we must develop a jurisprudence to address it, because it has always existed--and will continue to exist--in practice.

Preemption: A Knife That Cuts Both Ways

Brien holds a bachelor's degree from State University of New York at Albany and Doctor of Jurisprudence from University of Bridgeport, now known as Quinnipiac College.