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legist

[ lee-jist ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

legist

/ ˈliːdʒɪst /

Origin of legist¹

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English word from Medieval Latin word lēgista. See legal, -ist

Origin of legist¹

C15: from Medieval Latin lēgista, from lēx law

Andrea Dandolo is remembered as a Venetian historian and an accomplished legist, a lover of the arts, and a great humanist.

Covarruvias, a Spanish legist, already quoted, agrees with Arnault Ferton.

Where human statute is beginning to prize the general weal, the legist is of high account, and the priest paramount.

It was a requirement of prudence and safety which commends itself to every logician and legist.

Then as an administrator he reformed the government, as a legist he reissued and revised the laws.

April 25, 2024firkin

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