Jurisconsult

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jurisconsult \Ju`ris*con"sult\, n. [L. jurisconsultus; jus,
     juris, right + consulere, consultum, to consult: cf. F.
     jurisconsulte.] (Law)
     A man learned in the civil law; an expert in juridical
     science; a professor of jurisprudence; a jurist.
     [1913 Webster]



From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  JURISCONSULT. One well versed in jurisprudence; a jurist: one whose 
  profession it is to give counsel on questions of law.