Both Uses of
jurisprudence
in
Middlemarch
- Questions of medical jurisprudence ought not to be left to the chance of decent knowledge in a medical witness, and the coroner ought not to be a man who will believe that strychnine will destroy the coats of the stomach if an ignorant practitioner happens to tell him so.†
Chpt 2
- "Does medical jurisprudence provide nothing against these infringements?" said Mr. Hackbutt, with a disinterested desire to offer his lights.†
Chpt 5 *
Definition:
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(jurisprudence) the study of law; or a collection of laws