jural
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Legislation and the edict, so far as they had any more than a positive foundation of political authority, were but imperfect and ephemeral copies of this jural reality.
From An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law by Roscoe Pound
Modern civilized states of the best form are often called jural states because the concept of rights enters so largely into all their constitutions and regulations.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by William Graham Sumner
Each State Legislature is a little political academy for the advancement of jural science and art.
From Speeches, Addresses, and Occasional Sermons, Volume 3 (of 3) by Theodore Parker
Thus the jural form in which morality was conceived only emphasized the fundamental difference between it and the laws of the state.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
From the notion of sin—treated in its jural aspect—Aquinas passes naturally to the discussion of Law.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
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