NOUN | cognition | judicial doctrine, legal principle, judicial principle | (law) a principle underlying the formulation of jurisprudence |
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Meaning | (law) a principle underlying the formulation of jurisprudence. | |
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Synonyms | legal principle, judicial principle | |
Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
Narrower | jus sanguinis | The principle that a person's nationality at birth is the same as that of his natural parents |
jus soli | The principle that a person's nationality at birth is determined by the place of birth | |
preemption, pre-emption | The judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject / subject | |
relation back, relation | (law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time | |
Broader | principle | A rule or standard especially of good behavior |
Spanish | doctrina judicial, principio judicial, principio legal | |
Catalan | doctrina judicial |
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