JURISPRUDENCE

n. Ju-ris-prua'de11ns. Lat., jurisprudent i a (from jus. law, and prudent i a, a foreseeing). Fr., j. Ger., Jurisprudenz, Rechtsgelehrsamkeit. It., giurisprudenza. Sp.,j'wrisprudencia. The science or system of law. Medical j. The application of medical science to the discu ion and settlement of legal questions. [D.] Microscopical j. Of R. H. Ward, the use of the microscope in j. ["Proc. of the Am. Soc. of Micr.," 1889 (J).] Pharmaceutical j. It., giurisprudenza farmaceutica. That branch of j. which has to do with the legal responsibilities connected with the commercial handling of drugs, [a, 38.] [s. 520]