jurist

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ju=rist

CIDE DICTIONARY

jurist, 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."

OXFORD DICTIONARY

jurist, n.
1 an expert in law.
2 a legal writer.
3 US a lawyer.

Derivative

juristic adj. juristical adj.

Etymology

F juriste or med.L jurista f. jus juris law

ROGET THESAURUS

jurist

Lawyer

N lawyer, attorney, legal counsel, counsel, counsellor, counsellor at law, attorney at law, jurist, legist, civilian, pundit, publicist, juris consult, legal adviser, advocate, barrister, barrister at law, King's or Queen's counsel, K, C, Q, C, silk gown, leader, sergeant-at-law, bencher, tubman, judge, bar, legal profession, bar association, association of trial lawyers, officer of the court, gentleman of the long robe, junior bar, outer bar, inner bar, equity draftsman, conveyancer, pleader, special pleader, solicitor, proctor, notary, notary public, scrivener, cursitor, writer, writer to the signet, S, S, C, limb of the law, pettifogger, vakil, legal beagle, legal secretary, legal assistant, law student, learned in the law, at the bar, forensic, esquire, esquired, banco regis.