Hypertext Webster Gateway: "jurist"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
jurist
n 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}]
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