Jurisprudence

jurisprudence constante

jurisprudence constante [French, uniform jurisprudence] : a doctrine in the civil law of Louisiana: a long series of previous decisions applying a particular rule of law carries great weight and may be determinative in subsequent cases ;also : the rule of law applied in the jurisprudence constante compare stare decisis ...

Poverty jurisprudence

Poverty jurisprudence, Iyer J. suggesting an alternative approach to traditional common law, rigid approach to justice. 'The perspective of poverty jurisprudence is radically different from the canons and values of traditional Anglo-Saxon jurisprudence' [Fatehchand v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 1977 SC 1825 (1839), para 35]. (Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer)...

Jurisprude

Jurisprude, means (1) A person who makes a pre-tentious display of legal knowledge or who is overzealous about the importance of legal doctrine (2) Jurisprudent, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 858....

jurisprudent

jurisprudent [Late Latin jurisprudent- jurisprudens, from Latin juris, genitive of jus right, law + prudent- prudens foreseeing, skilled, prudent] : jurist ...

doctor of jurisprudence

doctor of jurisprudence often cap D&J 1 : juris doctor 2 : doctor of the science of law ...

jurisprudence [Late Latin jurisprudentia knowledge of or skill in law, from Latin juris, genitive of jus right, law + prudentia wisdom, proficiency] 1 a : a system or body of law [in the federal ] ;esp : a body of law dealing with a specific issue or area [labor ] b : the course of court decisions as distinguished from legislation and doctrine [the decided under the source provisions "Louisiana Civil Code"] 2 : the science or philosophy of law [they have no theories of but…decide each case on its facts "R. H. Bork"] ju·ris·pru·den·tial [jr-əs-prü-den-chəl] adj ...

Jurisprudence

Jurisprudence, the science of law, especially of Roman Law...

Medical jurisprudence

Medical jurisprudence. See FORENSIC MEDICINE....

Jurisprudes

Jurisprudes, Iyer J's own word for jurists, See Shiv Mohan Singh v. State of Delhi, AIR 1977 SC 949 (951), para 11. (Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer)...

Civil Law

Civil Law, that rule of action which every particular nation, commonwealth, or city has established peculiarly for itself, more properly distinguished by the name of municipal law.The term 'civil law' is now chiefly applied to that which the Romans complied from the laws of nature and nations.The 'Roman Law'and the 'Civil Law' are convertible phrases, meaning the same system of jurisprudence; it is now frequently denominated 'the Roman Civil Law.'The collections of Roman Civil Law, before its reformation in the sixth century of the Christian era by the eastern Emperor Justinian, were the following:--(1) Leges Regi'. These laws were for the most part promulgated by Romulus, Numa Pompilius and Servius Tullius. To Romulus are ascribed the formation of a constitutional government, and the imposition of a fine, instead of death, for crimes; Numa Pompilius composed the laws relating to religion and divine worship, and abated the rigour of subsisting laws; and Servius Tullius, the sixth king,...

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