WordNet Search - 3.1

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Noun

S: (n) jurisprudence, law, legal philosophy (the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do)

direct hyponym / full hyponym

S: (n) contract law (that branch of jurisprudence that studies the rights and obligations of parties entering into contracts)
S: (n) corporation law (that branch of jurisprudence that studies the laws governing corporations)
S: (n) matrimonial law (that branch of jurisprudence that studies the laws governing matrimony)
S: (n) patent law (that branch of jurisprudence that studies the laws governing patents)

direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term

S: (n) jurisprudence, law, legal philosophy (the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do)

direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term

S: (n) philosophy (the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics)

derivationally related form

S: (n) law, jurisprudence (the collection of rules imposed by authority) "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"