LEGAL PRINCIPLE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • (law) a principle underlying the formulation of jurisprudence
   Synonym(s)
   • judicial doctrine (what does judicial doctrine mean?)
   • judicial principle (what does judicial principle mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) legal principle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • principle (what does principle mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • jus sanguinis (what does jus sanguinis mean?)
   • jus soli (what does jus soli mean?)
   • preemption (what does preemption mean?)
   • pre-emption (what does pre-emption mean?)
   • relation back (what does relation back mean?)
   • relation (what does relation mean?)