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ju·rist 
[joor-ist] Pronunciation Key
[joor-ist] Pronunciation Key –noun
| a person versed in the law, as a judge, lawyer, or scholar. |
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| ju·rist
(jŏŏr'ĭst) Pronunciation Key
n. One who has thorough knowledge and experience of law, especially an eminent judge, lawyer, or legal scholar. Also called jurisprudent. [Middle English, from Old French juriste, from Medieval Latin iūrista, from Latin iūs, iūr-, law; see yewes- in Indo-European roots.] |
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jurist
1456, "one who practices law," from M.Fr. juriste, from M.L. jurista "jurist," from L. jus, ius (gen. juris) "law," L. ius "law," from PIE *yewes- "law," originally a term of religious cult, perhaps meaning "sacred formula" (cf. L. iurare "to pronounce a ritual formula," Vedic yos "health," Avestan yaoz-da- "make ritually pure," Ir. huisse "just"). The Gmc. root represented by O.E. æ "custom, law," O.H.G. ewa, Ger. Ehe "marriage," though sometimes associated with this group, seems rather to belong to PIE *ei- "to go." Meaning "a legal writer" is from 1626.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| jurist | |
noun | |
| 1. | a legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations |
| 2. | a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice [syn: judge] |
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: ju·rist
Pronunciation: 'jur-ist
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle French juriste, from Medieval Latin jurista, from Latin jur- jus law
: an individual having a thorough knowledge of law; especially : JUDGEjurist violated the U.S. Constitution when he banned the filming —National Law Journal>
Main Entry: ju·rist
Pronunciation: 'jur-ist
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle French juriste, from Medieval Latin jurista, from Latin jur- jus law
: an individual having a thorough knowledge of law; especially : JUDGE
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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