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jurisˈprudent, n. and a. [a. obs. F. jurisprudent, back-formation from jurisprudence: cf. prudence, prudent. The L. expression was jūris-perītus, or jūre-perītus.] A. n. One versed in, or treating of, jurisprudence; a man learned in the law; a jurist.
1628[see prec. 1]. 1659T. Pecke Parnassi Puerp. 12 Lawyers by Law, are Jurisprudents named. a1859De Quincey Klosterheim v. Wks. 1890 XII. 46 Klosterheim..had been pronounced by some of the first jurisprudents a female appanage. 1892Q. Rev. Apr. 363 Monogamy, as admirably defined by the great Roman jurisprudent. B. adj. Versed or skilled in jurisprudence; having knowledge of the principles of law.
1737R. West Let. 2 Dec. in Gray's Corr., Adieu! I am going to my tutor's lectures on one Puffendorff, a very jurisprudent author. 1837–9Hallam Hist. Lit. i. vii. §50 The eulogy of Cicero on Scævola, that he was the most jurisprudent of orators, and the most eloquent of lawyers. |