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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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