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juristic

adjective·Advancedformallegal

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UK/dʒʊəˈrɪstɪk/
US/dʒʊˈrɪstɪk/

Meanings

  1. adjectivebefore a nounformallegal

    Relating to law as studied, practised or applied by legal scholars and judges.

    Grammar: Appears before a noun: a juristic tradition.

    Patterns

    • juristic writing
    • juristic tradition

    Her essay traces the juristic thinking behind modern contract law.

    Juristic opinion on the case was divided.

    The judge drew on juristic writings from several centuries.

  2. adjectivebefore a nounlegaltechnical

    Having legal status as an artificial person, as a company or other organisation has.

    Grammar: Used in the phrase juristic person: the company is a juristic person.

    Patterns

    • juristic person
    • juristic entity

    A corporation is treated as a juristic person under the law.

    The charity registered as a juristic entity in its own name.

    Only a juristic person can own property in the company's name.

Common combinations

juristic person
The university is a juristic person with its own rights.
juristic entity
A trust may be treated as a juristic entity.
juristic act
Signing the contract was a juristic act.
juristic thought
Juristic thought developed rapidly in the period.

Synonyms and how they differ

legal
Legal is the everyday word and covers anything connected to law, while juristic is narrower and scholarly.
juridical
Juridical relates to judges and the administration of justice, while juristic leans toward legal theory and legal personality.
jurisprudential
Jurisprudential refers specifically to the philosophy or theory of law.

Opposites

natural

Word family

jurist noun
an expert in law
jurisprudence noun
the study or theory of law
jury noun
a group chosen to decide a case
juristically adverb
in a legal-theoretical way

Commonly confused: juristic or juridical? juristic or jury?

juristic vs juridical

Juridical concerns courts and judging, while juristic concerns jurists, legal theory and artificial legal persons.

juristic vs jury

A jury is a group of citizens deciding a trial, not a legal expert or a legal adjective.

Practice

Under the law, a limited company is a ____ person that can own property and sign contracts.

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