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LEGAL PRINCIPLE

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LEGAL PRINCIPLE (noun)
  The noun LEGAL PRINCIPLE has 1 sense:

1. (law) a principle underlying the formulation of jurisprudence

  Familiarity information: LEGAL PRINCIPLE used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


LEGAL PRINCIPLE (noun)


Sense 1legal principle [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

(law) a principle underlying the formulation of jurisprudence

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

judicial doctrine; judicial principle; legal principle

Hypernyms ("legal principle" is a kind of...):

principle (a rule or standard especially of good behavior)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "legal principle"):

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)

pre-emption; preemption (the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject)

relation; relation back ((law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time)


English Proverbs
"The beauty of things lies in the mind that contemplates it"
(English proverb)
"One swallow doesn't make a spring."
(Bulgarian proverb)
"They kill the peacock for the beauty of its feathers."
(Arabic proverb)
"He who has nothing will not eat. If you want flour, go gather chestnuts."
(Corsican proverb)


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