Jurist

3 definitions found

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

  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, such as a judge, lawyer, or
     legal scholar; a writer on civil and international law.
     [1913 Webster]


  
           It has ever been the method of public jurists to draw 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.
     Juristic

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]

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

  JURIST. One well versed in the science of the law. The term is usually 
  applied to students and practitioners of law.