Català > jurisprudència: 2 sentits > nom 1, group| Sentit | The collection of rules imposed by authority. |
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| Sinònim | llei |
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| Categoria de | John Doe | An unknown or fictitious man who is a party to legal proceedings |
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| President del Tribunal Suprem | The judge who presides over a supreme court |
| Richard Roe | An unknown or fictitious party to legal proceedings |
| Riot Act | A former English law requiring mobs to disperse after a magistrate reads the law to them |
| absoldre, dispensar, excusar, indultar, perdonar | grant a pardon / pardon to |
| absolució, exculpació | A judgment of not guilty |
| acció judicial, procediment judicial, resolució judicial, tràmit | (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked |
| acord escrit | A legal document summarizing the agreement between parties |
| acord judicial, sentència acordada | An agreement between two parties that is sanctioned by the court |
| acta, escriptura | A legal document signed and sealed / sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it |
| acta | A legal document codifying the result of deliberations of a committee or society or legislative body |
| acte, decret, sentència | A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge) |
| acte de compareixença, citació de compareixença | A summons that commands the appearance of a party at a proceeding |
| acte judicial | A writ issued by a court of law requiring a person to do something or to refrain from doing something |
| actora, actor, demandant, querellant | A person who brings an action in a court of law |
| acusada, acusat, demandat | A person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law |
| administració judicial | A court action that places property under the control of a receiver during litigation so that it can be preserved for the benefit of all |
| adopció | A legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood |
| advertència de suspensió | (law) a formal notice filed with a court or officer to suspend a proceeding until filer is given a hearing |
| advocacia, jurista | The body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction |
| advocada, advocat, defensor, jurista, lletrat, picaplets | A professional person authorized to practice law |
| advocat defensor | A lawyer who pleads / pleads cases in court |
| advocat defensor | The lawyer representing the defendant |
| advocat dels pobres, advocat d'ofici | A lawyer who represents indigent defendants at public expense |
| advocat divorcista, advocat matrimonialista | A lawyer specializing in actions for divorce or annulment |
| afidàvit, declaració jurada | written declaration made under oath |
| agent de la propietat immobiliària, conveyancer | A lawyer who specializes in the business of conveying properties |
| alienable | transferable to another owner |
| alienació | An order to an offending party to rid itself of property |
| alterable, commutable | (of the punishment ordered by a court) capable of being changed to one less severe |
| al·legació, al·legat | (law) a statement in legal and logical form stating something on behalf of a party to a legal proceeding |
| amicus curiae | An adviser to the court on some matter of law who is not a party to the case |
| amnistia, indult, perdó | The formal act of liberating someone |
| amnistia, indult, perdó | A warrant granting release from punishment for an offense |
| amnistiar | grant a pardon / pardon to (a group of people) |
| amo, mestressa, propietària, propietari | (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business |
| ancestral, hereditari, patrimonial, transmissible | inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent |
| apel·lació | (law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting / granting of a new trial |
| apel·lar | make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding, especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts |
| atenuar, mitigar, pal·liar, remeiar | lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of |
| atestació, testificació, testimoni | A solemn statement / statement made under oath |
| atestar, declarar, prestar, testificar | Give testimony in a court of law |
| autorització, mandat | A document giving an official instruction or command |
| bancarrota, fallida, insolvència definitiva | A legal process intended to insure equality among the creditors of a corporation declared to be insolvent |
| banqueta | (law) the seat for judges in a courtroom |
| benefici, ús | (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy / enjoy the benefits of owning property |
| beneficiari | (law) the party to whom something is assigned (e.g., someone to whom a right or property is legally transferred) |
| beneficiari | (law) someone to whom a title or property is conveyed |
| bigàmia | Having two spouses at the same time |
| bo | A certificate or voucher acknowledging a debt / debt |
| boda, connubi, enllaç, matrimoni, unió | The state of being a married couple voluntarily joined / joined for life (or until divorce) |
| bufet d'advocats | A firm of lawyers |
| carta d'administració, lletra d'administració | legal document naming someone to administer an estate when no executor has been named |
| carta patent, patent | An official document granting a right or privilege |
| cas, causa, demanda, judici, litigi, plet | A comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy |
| castigar, censurar, condemnar, damnar, sentenciar | pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law |
| causa, procés | A judicial proceeding brought by one party against another |
| causa, procés | The institution and conduct of legal proceedings against a defendant for criminal behavior |
| causa probable | (law) evidence sufficient to warrant an arrest or search / search and seizure |
| cedent | (law) the party who makes an assignment |
| censar, registrar | record in a public office or in a court of law |
| censura, condemna | (law) the act of condemning (as land forfeited for public use) or judging / judging to be unfit for use (as a food product or an unsafe building) |
| certiorari | A common ... / common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case |
| cesió | (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance |
| cessió | A grant made by a law court |
| cessión | The instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another |
| citació | A writ issued by authority of law |
| citació a dia cert, citació | A writ issued by court authority to compel the attendance of a witness at a judicial proceeding |
| ciutadania | The status of a citizen with rights and duties |
| clienta, client | A person who seeks the advice of a lawyer |
| coartada | (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question |
| codi de lleis | A record of the whole body of legislation in a given jurisdiction |
| codi penal | The legal code governing crimes and their punishment |
| codicil | A supplement to a will |
| commutació | (law) the reduction in severity of a punishment imposed by law |
| compravenda, contracte de compravenda | document effecting a property transfer |
| condeman per estupre, condemna per violació | conviction for rape |
| condemna per assassinat | conviction for murder |
| condemna per robatori | conviction for robbery |
| condemnar, declarar culpable | Find or declare guilty |
| condició legal, estat legal, estatut jurídic | A status defined by law |
| confiscació, embarg | placing private property in the custody of an officer of the law |
| connivència, consentiment tàcit | (law) tacit approval of someone's wrongdoing |
| constitució, llei fonamental, llei orgànica | law determining the fundamental political principles of a government |
| constància, registre | A document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction |
| contracte de venda | A deed transferring personal property |
| contractista | (law) a party to a contract |
| contrademanda, contradenúncia, reconvenció | A claim filed in opposition to another claim in a legal action |
| contrademanda | A suit brought against someone who has sued you |
| cos del delicte | The body of evidence that constitute the offence |
| còpia, transcripció | A reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record) |
| decisió, part dispositiva, sentència | (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it |
| decisió | The decision of a court on issues of fact or law |
| declaració | (law) unsworn statement / statement that can be admitted in evidence in a legal transaction |
| declaració de drets, llei fonamental | A statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution) |
| declarar, demostrar, evidenciar, mostrar, presentar, prestar, provar, revelar, testificar | Provide evidence for |
| defensa | A defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him |
| deixa, llegat | (law) a gift of personal property by will |
| delinqüència juvenil | An antisocial misdeed in violation of the law by a minor |
| demanda, querella | (law) a formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law) |
| demanda civil, juidici civil | A lawsuit alleging violations / violations of civil law by the defendant |
| demanda col·lectiva | A lawsuit brought by a representative member of a large / large / large group of people on behalf of all members of the group |
| demanda penal, judici penal | A lawsuit alleging violations of criminal law by the defendant |
| demurral | (law) a formal objection to an opponent's pleadings |
| denegació, sentència desestimatòria | A judgment disposing of the matter without a trial |
| departament de justícia, Justice, ministeri de justícia, Ministeri de Justícia | The United States federal department responsible / responsible for enforcing federal laws / laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation) |
| derivat financer, instrument derivat | A financial instrument whose value is based on another security |
| desacatament | A willful disobedience to or disrespect for the authority of a court or legislative body |
| desallotjament, desnonament | The expulsion of someone (such as a tenant / tenant) from the possession of land by process of law |
| descàrrec | A legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation |
| desnonament | action by a landlord that compels a tenant / tenant to leave the premises (as by rendering the premises unfit for occupancy) |
| detenció ilegal | (law) confinement without legal authority |
| deure legal | Acts which the law requires be done or forborne |
| dictamen | The reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself) |
| disculpa, pretext | (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer) |
| discutible | Of no legal significance (as having been previously decided) |
| disposició, manament, mandat, ordre, prescrit, requisitòria | (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer |
| divorci | The legal dissolution of a marriage |
| doctrina judicial | (law) a principle underlying the formulation of jurisprudence |
| document jurídic, document legal, document oficial | (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right |
| domicili | (law) the residence where you have your permanent home or principal establishment and to where, whenever you are absent, you intend to return |
| dret | The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system |
| dret administratiu | The body of rules and regulations and orders and decisions created by administrative agencies of government |
| dret al silenci, privilegi | (law) the right to refuse / refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship |
| dret civil, dret intern, dret nacional | The body of laws established by a state or nation for its own regulation |
| dret d'entrada | The legal right to take possession of real estate in a peaceable manner |
| dret de deducció | (banking) the legal right of a bank to seize deposited funds to cover a loan that is in default |
| dret de patents | The right granted by a patent / patent |
| dret de visita | The right granted by a court to a parent (or other relative) who is deprived of custody of a child to visit the child on a regular basis |
| dret humà, drets humans | (law) any basic right or freedom to which all human beings are entitled and in whose exercise a government may not interfere (including rights ... / rights to life and liberty as well as freedom of thought and expression and equality before the law) |
| dret internacional | The body of laws governing relations / relations between nations |
| dret marítim | The branch of international law that deals with territorial and international waters or with shipping or with ocean fishery etc. |
| dret mercantil | The body of rules applied to commercial transactions |
| dret militar | The body of laws and rules of conduct administered by military courts for the discipline, trial, and punishment of military personnel |
| dret públic | A law affecting the public at large |
| dret subjectiu | Right granted by law or contract (especially a right to benefits) |
| dret tributari | The body of laws governing taxation |
| drets civils | Right or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the 13th and 14th amendments and subsequent acts of Congress including the right to legal and social and economic equality |
| embargament de béns immobles | A writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding |
| embargament de nòmina | A court order to an employer to withhold all or part of an employee's wages and to send the money to the court or to the person who won a lawsuit against the employee |
| empresonament | putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful / lawful / lawful punishment |
| empresonar, encarcerar, engarjolar | lock up or confine, in or as in a jail |
| enjoinment, injunció | (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity |
| entregar, lliurar, presentar, rendir, retornar, retre, tornar | make over as a return |
| escriptura de propietat | A legal document proving a person's right to property |
| escriptura de renúncia | document transferring title or right or claim to another |
| escriptura fiduciària | A written instrument legally conveying property to a trustee often used to secure an obligation such as a mortgage or promissory note |
| essencial | Defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established |
| estat civil | The condition of being married or unmarried |
| estatut, legislació, llei | An act passed by a legislative body |
| evidència, prova | (law) all the means by which any alleged matter of fact whose truth is investigated at judicial trial is established or disproved |
| excepció | An answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed |
| exercici del dret | The practice of law |
| fbi, F.B.I., FBI | A federal law enforcement agency that is the principal investigative arm of the Department of Justice |
| fiscal | A government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state |
| fonament, lògica, principi, raonament | (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature) |
| fungible | Of goods or commodities |
| gran, major d'edat, més gran | Of full legal age |
| gran jurat | A jury to inquire into accusations of crime and to evaluate the grounds for indictments |
| greuge, tort | (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought |
| habeas corpus | A writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge |
| herència, heretat, llegat, patrimoni | That which is inherited |
| inalterable | Of a sentence |
| indegut | not appropriate or proper (or even legal) in the circumstances |
| infeudació | Under the feudal system, the deed by which a person was given land in exchange for a pledge of service |
| inhabilitació | The act of expelling a lawyer from the practice of law |
| interdicció | A court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity |
| interdicte permanent | injunction issued on completion of a trial |
| intervenció | (law) a proceeding that permits a person to enter into a lawsuit already in progress |
| interventor | (law) a party who interposes in a pending proceeding |
| interès, participació | (law) a right or legal share of something |
| interès personal | (law) an interest in which there is a fixed right to present or future enjoyment and that can be conveyed to another |
| intestat | Having made no legally valid will before death or not disposed of by a legal will |
| invalidació | (law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc) |
| invàlid, nul | lacking any legal or binding force |
| ius sanguinis, jus sanguinis | The principle that a person's nationality at birth is the same as that of his natural parents |
| ius soli, jus soli | The principle that a person's nationality at birth is determined by the place of birth |
| judici, procés | (law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law |
| judici sumari | A judgment rendered by the court prior to a verdict because no material issue of fact exists and one party or the other is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law |
| juici declaratiu | A judgment pronounced on the status of some particular subject / subject or property or thing (as opposed to one pronounced on persons) |
| jurisconsult, jurisperit, jurista | A legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations |
| jurisdicció | (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law |
| jutge de pau | A local magistrate with limited powers |
| jutge procesal | A judge in a trial court |
| legalització | The act of making lawful / lawful |
| legislació | The act of making or enacting laws |
| legislació | law enacted by a legislative body |
| legislació delegada | legislation that gives appropriate officials the authority to implement or enforce the law |
| legislador | someone who makes or enacts laws |
| legislador | A maker of laws |
| libel | A false / false and malicious publication printed for the purpose of defaming a living person |
| liquidador | (law) a person (usually appointed by a court of law) who liquidates assets or preserves them for the benefit of affected parties |
| litigació, litigi | A legal proceeding in a court |
| litigant | (law) a party to a lawsuit |
| litispendència | A pending lawsuit |
| llei | legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity |
| llei de descans dominical | A statute regulating work on Sundays |
| llei de prevenció de riscos laborals | A law passed by the United States Congress that created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment |
| llei del mercat de valors | The body of laws governing the issuance and selling of securities |
| llei marcial | The body of law imposed by the military over civilian affairs (usually in time of war or civil crisis) |
| llei sobre drogues | A law forbidding the sale or use of narcotic drugs |
| llibertat condicional | (law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them |
| llibertat de culte | A civil right guaranteed by the First Amendment to the US Constitution |
| llicència, permís | A legal document giving official permission to do something |
| manament d'execució | A routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out |
| mandamus | An extraordinary writ commanding an official to perform a ministerial act that the law recognizes as an absolute duty and not a matter for the official's discretion |
| mandat, poder, poder notarial, procuració, procura | A legal instrument authorizing someone to act as the grantor's agent |
| manifest | A customs document listing the contents put on a ship or plane |
| menor, més petit | not of legal age |
| mens rea, traïdoria | (law) criminal intent |
| messuage | (law) a dwelling house and its adjacent buildings and the adjacent land used by the household |
| ministre de justícia | The chief law officer of a country or state |
| multa | A summons issued to an offender (especially to someone who violates a traffic regulation) |
| naturalització | The proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship |
| notari | A British lawyer who gives legal advice and prepares legal documents |
| notari | someone legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity and to take depositions |
| notificació | An accusation of crime made by a grand jury on its own initiative |
| novació | (law) the replacement of one obligation by another by mutual agreement of both parties |
| obiter dictum | An opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore / therefore not binding |
| objecció | (law) a procedure whereby a party to a suit says that a particular line of questioning or a particular witness or a piece of evidence or other matter is improper and should not be continued and asks the court to rule on its impropriety or illegality |
| obstrucció | (law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation / legislation by making long speeches |
| ordre, ordre policial | A writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts |
| ordre d'arrest, ordre de detenció | A warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to apprehend an offender and bring that person to court |
| ordre d'execució | A warrant to execute the death sentence |
| ordre de registre | A warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to search for objects or people involved in the commission of a crime and to produce them in court |
| ordre de segrest | A writ that authorizes the seizure of property |
| ordre preliminar de divorci | A decree issued on a first petition for divorce |
| palau de justícia | A building that houses judicial courts |
| paralegal | A person with specialized training who assists lawyers |
| parany | A defense that claims the defendant would not have broken the law if not tricked into doing it by law enforcement officials |
| part | A person involved in legal proceedings |
| passaport | A document issued by a country to a citizen allowing that person to travel abroad and re-enter the home country |
| precedent | A system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws |
| presentació | (law) the act of exhibiting in a court of law |
| probatori | pertaining to or constituting evidence |
| procediment judicial, tutela judicial | (law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles |
| processal, processual | Relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law |
| procurador | A lawyer who specializes in defending clients before a court of law |
| procurador dels tribunals | A British or Canadian lawyer who speaks in the higher courts of law on behalf of either the defense or prosecution |
| projecte de llei | A statute in draft before it becomes law |
| promulgador | (law) one who promulgates laws (announces a law as a way of putting it into execution) |
| proves indirectes | evidence providing only a basis for inference about the fact in dispute |
| rapte, segrest | (law) the unlawful / unlawful / unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment |
| recognisance | (law) a security entered into before a court with a condition to perform some act required by law |
| recurs | (law) a judicial reexamination of the proceedings of a court (especially by an appellate court) |
| recusació | (law) the disqualification of a judge or jury by reason of prejudice or conflict of interest |
| recusació | (law) an objection grounded on the judge's relationship to one of the parties |
| recusar | challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil law |
| recusar | Raise a formal objection in a court of law |
| recusar | disqualify oneself (as a judge) in a particular case |
| regla que requereix prova | (law) a rule of law whereby any alleged matter of fact that is submitted for investigation at a judicial trial is established or disproved |
| repregunta | (law) close questioning of a hostile witness in a court of law to discredit or throw a new light on the testimony already provided in direct examination |
| representació legal | personal representation that has legal status |
| representant legal | A personal representative with legal standing (as by power of attorney or the executor of a will) |
| rescissió | (law) the act of rescinding |
| reversionari | Of or relating to or involving a reversion (especially a legal reversion) |
| revisió judicial | review by a court of law of actions of a government official or entity or of some other legally appointed person or body or the review by an appellate court of the decision of a trial court |
| revocació | A judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was incorrect and should be set aside |
| sala de justícia, tribunal | A room in which a lawcourt sits |
| sedició | An illegal action inciting resistance / resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government |
| sentència | The legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision |
| sentència general | An ordinary verdict declaring which party prevails without any special findings of fact |
| separació jurídica, separació legal | A judicial decree regulating the rights and responsibilities of a married couple living apart |
| separació legal | (law) the cessation of cohabitation of man and wife (either by mutual agreement / agreement or under a court order) |
| servitud | (law) the privilege of using something that is not your own (as using another's land as a right of way to your own land) |
| sistema electoral | A legal system for making democratic choices |
| subrogació | (law) the act of substituting of one creditor for another |
| sufragi | A legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution |
| testament, voluntat | A legal document declaring a person's wishes regarding the disposal of their property when they die |
| testimoni | (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law |
| testimoni | (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature |
| toc de queda | An order that after a specific time certain activities (as being outside on the streets) are prohibited |
| topada | An unpremeditated killing of a human being in self defense |
| tribunal militar | A judicial court of commissioned officers for the discipline and punishment of military personnel |
| tribunal superior | Any court that has jurisdiction above an inferior court |
| tribunal suprem | The highest court in most states of the United States |
| tutor legal | A person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefit |
| unió civil | A voluntary union for life (or until divorce) of adult parties of the same sex |
| usdefruit | A legal right to use and derive profit from property belonging to someone else provided that the property itself is not injured in any way |
| venire | (law) a group of people summoned for jury service (from whom a jury will be chosen) |
| veredicte | (law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision |
| verificar | attach or append a legal verification to (a pleading or petition) |
| violació | A statutory offense that provides that it is a crime to knowingly cause another person to engage in an unwanted sexual act by force or threat |
| vista | (law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence |
| Parts | llei | legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity |
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| Específic | dret administratiu | The body of rules and regulations and orders and decisions created by administrative agencies of government |
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| dret canònic | The body of codified laws governing the affairs of a Christian church |
| dret civil, dret intern, dret nacional | The body of laws established by a state or nation for its own regulation |
| dret internacional | The body of laws governing relations / relations between nations |
| dret mercantil | The body of rules applied to commercial transactions |
| dret militar | The body of laws and rules of conduct administered by military courts for the discipline, trial, and punishment of military personnel |
| dret tributari | The body of laws governing taxation |
| llei del mercat de valors | The body of laws governing the issuance and selling of securities |
| llei islàmica, xara, xaria | The code of law derived from the Koran and from the teachings and example of Mohammed |
| llei marcial | The body of law imposed by the military over civilian affairs (usually in time of war or civil crisis) |
| precedent | A system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws |
| General | acumulació, arreplec, col·lecció, conjunt, cúmul | Several things grouped together or considered as a whole |
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| Anglès | law, jurisprudence |
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| Espanyol | jurisprudencia, ley |
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| Adjectius | jurisprudencial | Of or relating to jurisprudence |
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| Noms | jurisconsult, jurisperit, jurista | A legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations |
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| justícia, jutge, magistrat, togat | A public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice |
