About The Word Jurist
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Jurist
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What's The Definition Of Jurist?
[n] a public official authorized to decide questions bought before a court of justice
[n] a legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations Synonyms | Synonyms for Jurist: judge | justice | legal expert | magistrate Related Terms | Find terms related to Jurist: See Also | adjudicator | Bentham | Charles Evans Hughes | chief justice | Daniel | doge | Earl Warren | expert | Frederick Moore Vinson | functionary | Harlan Fiske Stone | Holmes | Hughes | Jay | Jeremy Bentham | John Jay | John Marshall | justice of the peace | justiciar | justiciary | Marshall | Mufti | official | Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. | ordinary | praetor | pretor | recorder | Rehnquist | Samson | stipendiary | stipendiary magistrate | Stone | trial judge | trier | Vinson | Warren | William Hubbs Rehnquist | William Rehnquist Jurist In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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