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juristocracies

juristocracies is the plural of juristocracy.

Meaning of juristocracy

Noun

juristocracy (plural juristocracies)

  1. Rule or government by the judiciary or court system.
    • Does that not imply that a court charged with the application of rights assumes the role of a superlegislature, transforming liberal democracies into juristocracies?2012, Matthias Klatt, Institutionalized Reason: The Jurisprudence of Robert Alexy, page 205

Questions about juristocracies

What is juristocracies the plural of?
Juristocracies is the plural of juristocracy.

Words near juristocracies in the dictionary

  1. juristic person
  2. juristic persons
  3. juristical
  4. juristically
  5. juristics
  6. juristocracies
  7. juristocracy
  8. jurists
  9. jurkat
  10. Jurkat cell
  11. Jurkat cells

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