legist
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of legist
First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English word from Medieval Latin word lēgista. See legal, -ist
Example Sentences
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Critics are feared for the damage they can do to reputations, but they are probably at legist as dangerous when they turn kingmaker.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had all the qualities of a clever legist and an excellent commentator, and none of those necessary to a legislator or statesman.
From The Recollections of Alexis de Tocqueville by Alexis de Tocqueville
I am no legist, but I am convinced that, at least British, and I doubt not American, law would promptly annul a testatory clause so utterly unreasonable and unprecedented.’
From The Disentanglers by Andrew Lang
At the earliest moment, then, when its academic history can be said to open, at the arrival of the legist Vacarius in the reign of Stephen, Oxford stood in the first rank of English municipalities.
From Stray Studies from England and Italy by John Richard Greene
An astute legist can discover flaws in the best-drawn legal papers.
From Irish Race in the Past and the Present by Augustus J. Thebaud
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