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Jurist : (noun)
1: a legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations
[syn: legal expert]
2: a public official authorized to decide questions bought
before a court of justice [syn: judge, justice, magistrate]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Jurist : \Ju`rist\, n. [F. juriste, LL. jurista, fr. L. jus,
juris, right, law. See Just, a.]
One who professes the science of law; one versed in the law,
especially in the civil law; a writer on civil and
international law.
It has ever been the method of public jurists to ?raw a
great part of the analogies on which they form the law
of nations from the principles of law which prevail in
civil community. -- Burke.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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JURIST. One well versed in the science of the law. The term is usually
applied to students and practitioners of law.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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