Today’s word:Jurisprudence

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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day
October 17

jurisprudence audio pron   \joor-us-PROO-dunss\
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Definition
noun
1 :
the science or philosophy of law
2
a :
a system or body of law
b :
the course of court decisions
3 :
a department of law

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Examples
A basic premise of American jurisprudence is that a person is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
“‘The right to a lawyer is a pillar of American jurisprudence, but it’s a right we’ve only had since 1963,’ John Oliver explained on Sunday’s Last Week Tonight.” — Peter Weber, The Week (theweek.com), 14 Sept. 2015

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