jurist : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: jurist	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for jurist
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jurist n a legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations Synonym(s): jurist, legal expert a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice Synonym(s): judge, justice, jurist
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.