juristic

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Before that they always preferred to remain scholarly and juristic.

From Economist • Nov. 16, 2017

Other secondary sources of Islamic law are juristic preference, public interest and custom.

From Salon • Feb. 26, 2011

The men were all of Big Business color, but of technical shade: practical, juristic, masters of concrete planning rather than grandiose theorizing.

From Time Magazine Archive

No metaphysical theory has prevailed to prevent the steady march of the law and of juristic thought in the direction of an objective doctrine of legal transactions.

From An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law by Pound, Roscoe

Under Marcus Aurelius the colleges were recognized as juristic persons, with power to manumit slaves and receive legacies.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly