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legist

[ lee-jist ]

/ ˈli dʒɪst /

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noun

an expert in law, especially ancient law.

Origin of legist

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

Words nearby legist

legislative veto, legislator, legislatorial, legislatrix, legislature, legist, legit, legitim, legitimacy, legitimate, legitimate government

Example sentences from the Web for legist

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

Cock Lane and Common-Sense |Andrew Lang
Then as an administrator he reformed the government, as a legist he reissued and revised the laws.

Constantinople |William Holden Hutton
It was a requirement of prudence and safety which commends itself to every logician and legist.

The Trial of Jesus from a Lawyer's Standpoint, Vol. I (of II) |Walter M. Chandler
But this was the end of the poetic reputation of Chapelain, “the legist of Parnassus”.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 |Various

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

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 341, March, 1844, Vol. 55 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for legist

legist

/ (ˈliːdʒɪst) /

noun

a person versed in the law

Word Origin for legist

C15: from Medieval Latin lēgista, from lēx law