DictionaryRoot: prudentia
Latin
prudentia
knowledge, foresight
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noun
jurisprudence
joor-is-PROOD-ns/ˌdʒʊrɪsˈpruːdns/
The study of law and its underlying principles.
Etymology
Here prudence preserves an older sense of “knowledge” or “science,” rather than simply caution. Combined with law, it names systematic legal knowledge and, more specifically, the philosophy of law.