Jurisprudentia
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
Lat.
In the civil and common law. Jurisprudence, or legal science. Jurisprudentia est divinarum atque humanarum rerum notitia, justi atque injusti scientia: jurisprudence is the knowledge of things divine and human, the science of what is right and what is wrong. Jurisprudentia legis communis Angliae est scientia socialis et copiosa: the jurisprudence of the common law of England is a social and copious science.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In the civil and common law. Jurisprudence, or legal science. Jurisprudentia est divinarum atque humanarum rerum notitia, justi atque injusti scientia. "Jurisprudence" is the knowledge of things divine and human, the science of what is right and what is wrong. Dig. 1, 1, 10, 2; Inst. 1, 1, 1. Jurisprudentia legis communis Angliae est scientia socialis et copiosa. The jurisprudence of the common law of England is a science social and comprehensive. 7 Coke, 28a.