[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

jurist \ju`rist\, n. f. juriste, ll. jurista, fr. l. jus,
   juris, right, law. see just, a.
   one who professes the science of law; one versed in the law,
   especially in the civil law, such as a judge, lawyer, or
   legal scholar; a writer on civil and international law.
   1913 webster

         it has ever been the method of public jurists to draw a
         great part of the analogies on which they form the law
         of nations from the principles of law which prevail in
         civil community.                         --burke.
   juristic
see also:
just 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

jurist
     n 1: a legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations
          syn: legal expert
     2: a public official authorized to decide questions bought
        before a court of justice syn: judge, justice, magistrate
see also:
legal expert judge justice magistrate 

[3] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

jurist. one well versed in the science of the law. the term is usually 
applied to students and practitioners of law. 

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