jurisconsult

[ joo r-is-kuh n-suhlt, -kon-suhlt ]

/ ˌdʒʊər ɪs kənˈsʌlt, -ˈkɒn sʌlt /

Roman and Civil Law. a person authorized to give legal advice.

Civil Law. a master of the civil law. Abbreviation: J.C.

Origin of jurisconsult

First recorded in 1595–1605, jurisconsult is from the Latin word jūris consultus one skilled in the law. See jus, consult

Indeed, whatever be the immediate subject of a jurisconsult of this epoch, he may always be called an expositor of Equity.

Ancient Law |Sir Henry James Sumner Maine
Lovel lay back in his chair with his finger tips joined, like a jurisconsult in the presence of a client.

The Path of the King |John Buchan
The Roman jurisconsult was teacher, philosopher and practitioner in one.

An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law |Roscoe Pound
The poet Guidi and the critic and jurisconsult Gravina checked this evil by their influence and example.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 |Various

One pities the jurisconsult who is condemned, by Comstockian clamour, to plough through such a novel.

A Book of Prefaces |H. L. Mencken

jurisconsult

/ (ˌdʒʊərɪsˈkɒnsʌlt) /

a person qualified to advise on legal matters

a master of jurisprudence

C17: from Latin jūris consultus; see jus, consult