Jueisprudence

io The science of law; the practical science of giving a wise interpretation to the laws and of making a just application of them to cases.n Whence jurisprudential. Comparative jurisprudence. The study of different systems of laws, or the laws of different nations. Equity jurisprudence. That portion oi remedial justice which is administered in courts or equity.^''' > Gray v. Bowles, 74 Mo. 423 (1881). ' French v. Hay, 23 Wall. 263. (1874), cases; Ober v Gallagher, 98 U. S. 206 (1876), cases. 'Windsor v. Mc Veigh, 93 U. S. 282 (1876), cases United States v. Walker, 109 id. 867 (1883). 'Cornett v. Williams, 20 Wall. 850 (1873), Swayne, J 'See Galpin v. Page, 18 Wall. 365-66 (1873), cases Mousseau's Will, 30 Minn. 205 (1863), cases; Dick v Wilson, 10 Oreg. 490 (1883), cases; Wade v. Handcock 76 Va. 635 (1883), cases. • Home Ins. Co. v, Morse, 20 Wall. 451 (1874), cases Santom v. Ballard, 133 Mass. 465 (1882). ' Grimmett v. Askew, 48 Ark. 156 (1886); 49 N. Y. 309 s WUliams v. Nottawa, 104 U. S. 200 (1882); Coffin v Haggin, 18 Rep. 547 (1883): Act 3 March, 1875, § 5. • Baltimore, &o. R. Co. v. Grant, 98 U. S. 401 (1878) cases; Sherman v. Grinnell, 123 id. 6S0 (1887). '» L. jus, right; providens, foreseeing. ' ' [Bouvier's Law Diet. Medical jurisprudence. See Medicine, Medical, etc. jp"KIST..One versed in the science of law. Juristic; juristical. Pertaining to the science of law; concerning a jurist, or jurisprudence. A "jurist," if anything more than, a fine word for a lawyer, means a lawyer who is mainly eminent through his familiarity with the theoretic side of the law, Savigny and Austin, for instance, were jurists in this sense. But. a judge who has a wide practical acquaintance with cases, and knows how to administer the law found in them, is more than a "jurist:" he is an excellent lawyer and judge. ^