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.

Nearby words

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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Examples from the Web for jurisconsult

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
Lovel lay back in his chair with his finger tips joined, like a jurisconsult in the presence of a client.
The Path of the King|John Buchan
The Roman jurisconsult was teacher, philosopher and practitioner in one.
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law|Roscoe Pound
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

One pities the jurisconsult who is condemned, by Comstockian clamour, to plough through such a novel.
A Book of Prefaces|H. L. Mencken

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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