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English noun: legal principle

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


Synonymsjudicial doctrine, judicial principle


Broader (hypernym)principle


Narrower (hyponym)jus sanguinis, jus soli, pre-emption, preemption, relation, relation back


Domain categoryjurisprudence, law









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