jurisconsult

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

JURISCON'SULT, noun [Latin juris consultus; jus and consultus, consulo, to consult.] Among the Romans, a man learned in the law; a counselor at law; a master of Roman jurisprudence, who was consulted on the interpretation of the laws.
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