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LEGAL PRINCIPLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(law) a principle underlying the formulation of jurisprudence
Synonyms:
judicial doctrine; judicial principle; legal principle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("legal principle" is a kind of...):
principle (a rule or standard especially of good behavior)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "legal principle"):
jus sanguinis (the principle that a person's nationality at birth is the same as that of his natural parents)
jus soli (the principle that a person's nationality at birth is determined by the place of birth)
pre-emption; preemption (the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject)
relation; relation back ((law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time)
