Noun

• S: (n) jurisprudence (jurisprudence%1:09:00::), law (law%1:09:02::), legal philosophy (legal_philosophy%1:09:00::) (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 (contract_law%1:09:00::) (that branch of jurisprudence that studies the rights and obligations of parties entering into contracts)
• S: (n) corporation law (corporation_law%1:09:00::) (that branch of jurisprudence that studies the laws governing corporations)
• S: (n) matrimonial law (matrimonial_law%1:09:00::) (that branch of jurisprudence that studies the laws governing matrimony)
• S: (n) patent law (patent_law%1:09:00::) (that branch of jurisprudence that studies the laws governing patents)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) philosophy (philosophy%1:09:00::) (the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics)
• S: (n) humanistic discipline (humanistic_discipline%1:09:00::), humanities (humanities%1:09:00::), liberal arts (liberal_arts%1:09:00::), arts (arts%1:09:00::) (studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)) "the college of arts and sciences"
• S: (n) discipline (discipline%1:09:00::), subject (subject%1:09:00::), subject area (subject_area%1:09:00::), subject field (subject_field%1:09:00::), field (field%1:09:00::), field of study (field_of_study%1:09:00::), study (study%1:09:02::), bailiwick (bailiwick%1:09:00::) (a branch of knowledge) "in what discipline is his doctorate?"; "teachers should be well trained in their subject"; "anthropology is the study of human beings"
• S: (n) knowledge domain (knowledge_domain%1:09:00::), knowledge base (knowledge_base%1:09:00::), domain (domain%1:09:00::) (the content of a particular field of knowledge)
• S: (n) content (content%1:09:00::), cognitive content (cognitive_content%1:09:00::), mental object (mental_object%1:09:00::) (the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned)
• S: (n) cognition (cognition%1:03:00::), knowledge (knowledge%1:03:00::), noesis (noesis%1:03:00::) (the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning)
• S: (n) psychological feature (psychological_feature%1:03:00::) (a feature of the mental life of a living organism)
• S: (n) abstraction (abstraction%1:03:00::), abstract entity (abstract_entity%1:03:00::) (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
• S: (n) entity (entity%1:03:00::) (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) law (law%1:14:00::), jurisprudence (jurisprudence%1:14:00::) (the collection of rules imposed by authority) "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"