jurist
noun/ˈdʒʊərɪst/
/ˈdʒʊrɪst/
(formal)- a person who is an expert in lawTopics Law and justicec2Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘lawyer’): from French juriste, medieval Latin jurista, from jus, jur- ‘law’.
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