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

• IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒʊəɹɪsˌpɹuːdəns/, /ˌd͡ʒʊəɹɪsˈpɹuːdəns/
• Homophone: jurisprudents

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, J. Dubé, “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, “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.

• medical jurisprudence
• prudence
• jurisprude
• jurisprudent
• jurisprudist

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), 法律學 / 法律学 (zh) (fǎlǜxué), 法理學 / 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: science 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

• Irish: dlí-eolaíocht f

• Italian: giurisprudenza (it) f, scienza del diritto f

• Japanese: 法学 (ja) (ほうがく, hōgaku)

• Kazakh: заңтану (zañtanu), құқықтану (qūqyqtanu)

• Korean: 법학 (ko) (beophak)

• Kyrgyz: укук таануу (ukuk taanuu)

• Ladino: din

• 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: ciência jurídica f, jurisprudência (pt) f

• Russian: законове́дение (ru) n (zakonovédenije), пра́во (ru) n (právo), правове́дение (ru) n (pravovédenije), юриспруде́нция (ru) f (jurisprudéncija)

• Spanish: jurisprudencia (es) f, derecho (es) m, jurispericia f, abogacía (es) f, esciencia jurídica f

• Swedish: rättsvetenskap (sv) 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)

• Welsh: cyfreitheg f

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

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

• IPA(key): /ʒy.ʁis.pʁy.dɑ̃s/

jurisprudence f (uncountable)

1. case law

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