jurisconsult
Americannoun
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Roman and Civil Law. a person authorized to give legal advice.
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Civil Law. a master of the civil law. J.C.
noun
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a person qualified to advise on legal matters
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a master of jurisprudence
Etymology
Origin of jurisconsult
First recorded in 1595–1605, jurisconsult is from Latin jūris consultus “one skilled in the law.” See jus, consult
Example Sentences
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Your important labors as a statesman and jurisconsult do not call forth our admiration any the less.
From Latin America and the United States Addresses by Elihu Root by Bacon, Robert
The jurisconsult, who is in earnest, requires here a serious expiation—the personal chastisement of the guilty party.
From Priests, Women, and Families by Michelet, Jules
Trebatius became a noted jurisconsult in the time of Augustus, and wrote treatises.
From The Life of Cicero Volume II. by Trollope, Anthony
Indeed, whatever be the immediate subject of a jurisconsult of this epoch, he may always be called an expositor of Equity.
From Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society by Maine, Henry Sumner, Sir
To sonnetteer is very well, but a lover, to say nothing of a jurisconsult, must live; he cannot have his throat cut if there is a way out.
From Little Novels of Italy by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
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