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Definition of jurisprudence:

The science of juridical law; the knowledge of the laws, customs, and rights of men in a state or community, necessary for the due administration of justice.

Synonyms:

formula, practice of law, order, canon, edict, police, constabulary, mandate, enactment, ordinance, regulation, legislation, statute, principle, command, police force, law of nature, polity, code, constitution, legal philosophy, rule, legal science, natural law, decree, commandment, economy, law.

jurisprudence (part of speech: noun)

Usage examples:

He commanded the highest respect and was made a welcome guest in the halls of literature, legislation and jurisprudence.

- "Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution", L. Carroll Judson.
You see I tried hard to mention some symptom which you didn't have, but you had them all, and the grip is the only disease in the world which makes a specialty of having every symptom known to medical jurisprudence.

- "Get Next!", Hugh McHugh.
To pass a law which forbade or prevented the individual workman to leave his work before receiving the approval of society in doing so would be to adopt a new principle into our jurisprudence, which I take it for granted we are not prepared to introduce.

- "Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present", Various.