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jurisprude

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Jurisprude (noun) means a person who studies the theory of law.

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A person who studies the theory of law.

"Perhaps a legal ethicist or a jurisprude could qualify to testify on the moral or legal necessity to bring an incompetent accused to trial by means of chemical manipulation of the brain, but not a doctor." — Nevada. Supreme Court, Reports of Cases Determined by the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada (1993)

"To judge a Chief Justice is usually the task of a historian or a jurisprude." — New Hampshire Bar Journal (1975)

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