Sunday, October 19, 2008

word of the week #7

jurisprudence

Source: Sunday Star-Ledger, Higher Education section

How it was used: "Other emerging  areas of studies include child advocacy; jurisprudence; science and chemistry; business administration; and counselor education."

Definition: noun 1. the science or philosophy of law
2. a body or systems of laws.

Your sentence: She decided to study jurisprudence in her third year of college.

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