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    LEGAL PRINCIPLE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    (law) a principle underlying the formulation of jurisprudenceplay

    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)

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