jurist

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

JU'RIST, noun [Latin jus, juris, law.] 1. A man who professes the science of law; one versed in the law, or more particularly, in the civil law; a civilian. 2. One versed in the law of nations, or who writes on the subject.
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