Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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jurisprudence | Yes | No | No | No |
escheat | Yes | No | No | No |
jurisprudence (noun) | escheat (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 reversion to the state (as the ultimate owner of property) in the absence of legal heirs |
the collection of rules imposed by authority | the property that reverts to the state |