JURIST

jurist. Jurist, n. a professor of civil law, civilian, lawyer

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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.