jurisconsult

[joo r-is-kuh n-suhlt, -kon-suhlt]

noun

Roman and Civil Law. a person authorized to give legal advice.
Civil Law. a master of the civil law. Abbreviation: J.C.

Origin of jurisconsult

First recorded in 1595–1605, jurisconsult is from the Latin word jūris consultus one skilled in the law. See jus, consult

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Historical Examples of jurisconsult

The crowd at the morning audience of the great Roman jurisconsult lessens.
Ancient Law
Sir Henry James Sumner Maine
The Roman jurisconsult was teacher, philosopher and practitioner in one.
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law
Roscoe Pound
Qui jure suo utitur neminem ldit, says the Roman jurisconsult.
Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862
Adam Gurowski
The poet Guidi and the critic and jurisconsult Gravina checked this evil by their influence and example.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6
Various
Indeed, whatever be the immediate subject of a jurisconsult of this epoch, he may always be called an expositor of Equity.
Ancient Law
Sir Henry James Sumner Maine

British Dictionary definitions for jurisconsult

jurisconsult

noun

a person qualified to advise on legal matters
a master of jurisprudence

Word Origin for jurisconsult

C17: from Latin jūris consultus; see jus, consult

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