jurist

n. legal expert, judge, lawyer

JURIST is an online legal news service hosted by the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, edited by founder Professor Bernard Hibbitts, Executive Director Jeannie Shawl, and a staff of more than 40 law students working in Pittsburgh and other US locations. It features continuously-updated US and international legal news researched in real time, expert commentary, key primary documents and video. The daily current events portion of the site is called "Paper Chase".
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This article is about the use of the term "jurist". For the University of Pittsburgh School of Law's legal news and research website, see JURIST. A jurist is a professional who studies, develops, applies or otherwise deals with the law. The term is widely used in American English, but in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth countries it has only historical and specialist usage. In most of Continental Europe any person who possesses a degree in law is called a jurist.
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Noun
1. a legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations
(synonym) legal expert
(hypernym) expert
(hyponym) mufti
(classification) law, jurisprudence
2. a public official authorized to decide questions bought before a court of justice
(synonym) judge, justice, magistrate
(hypernym) official, functionary
(hyponym) chief justice

n. jurist, jurisprudent, one who knows the legal system well, legal expert; judge; lawyer

n. jurist, legal expert, lawyer