Jurisprudence

The science of the law; the practical science of giving a wise interpretation to the laws, and making a just application of them to all cases as they arise. By science, in the first definition, ia understood that connection of truths which is founded on principles either evident in themselves, or capable of demonstration, — a collection of truths of the same kind, arranged in methodical order. In the latter sense, it is the habit of judging the same questions in the same manner, and by this course of judgments forming precedents.

1 Ayliffe, Pand. 3; Toullier, Dr. Civ. tit. prel. § 1, note 1, 12, 99; Merlin, Repert.; 19 Am. Jur. 3.

JURISPRUDENTIA (Lat. from jus, law [juris, of law] and prudentia, wisdom, knowledge). In the civil and common law. Jurisprudence, or legal science. JURISPRUDENTIA EST DIVINARUM atque humanarum rerum notltia; JustI atq(ie Injusti sclentia. Jurisprudence is the knowledge of things divine and human; the science of the just and the unjust. Dig. 1. 1. 10. 2; Inst. 1. 1. 1; Bracton, 3; 8 Johns. (N. Y.) 290, 295. JURISPRUDENTIA LEGIS COMMUNIS Angliae est sclentia eocialls et copiosa. The jurisprudence of the common law of England is a science sociable and copious. 7 Coke, 28a.