Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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jurisprudence | Yes | No | No | No |
pre-emption | Yes | No | No | No |
jurisprudence (noun) | pre-emption (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 prior appropriation of something |
the collection of rules imposed by authority | the right to purchase something in advance of others |
the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property) | |
the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject |