medical jurisprudence

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medical jurisprudence - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Jurisprudence \Ju`ris*pru"dence\, n. [L. jurisprudentia; jus,
     juris, right, law + prudentia a foreseeing, knowledge of a
     matter, prudence: cf. F. jurisprudence. See Just, a., and
     Prudence.]
     The science of juridical law; the knowledge of the laws,
     customs, and rights of men in a state or community, necessary
     for the due administration of justice.
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           The talents of Abelard were not confined to theology,
           jurisprudence, philosophy.               --J. Warton.
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     Medical jurisprudence, that branch of juridical law which
        concerns questions of medicine.
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