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jurisprudence vs common law

common law vs jurisprudence

jurisprudence and common law both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
jurisprudence Yes No No No
common law Yes No No No
As nouns, common law is a hyponym of jurisprudence; that is, common law is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than jurisprudence:
  • jurisprudence: the collection of rules imposed by authority
  • common law: a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws
Other hyponyms of jurisprudence include administrative law, canon law, ecclesiastical law, civil law, case law, precedent, international law, law of nations, law of the land, martial law, commercial law, law merchant, mercantile law, military law, Law of Moses, Mosaic law, Islamic law, sharia, sharia law, shariah, shariah law, statutory law, securities law, tax law.
jurisprudence (noun) common law (noun)
the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions
the collection of rules imposed by authority a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws
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