Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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jurisprudence | Yes | No | No | No |
Scopes trial | Yes | No | No | No |
jurisprudence (noun) | Scopes trial (noun) |
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the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do | a highly publicized trial in 1925 when John Thomas Scopes violated a Tennessee state law by teaching evolution in high school; Scopes was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow; Scopes was convicted but the verdict was later reversed |
the collection of rules imposed by authority |