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legist definition

le·gist (lē′jist)

noun

a person who has special knowledge of the law, or of some branch of it

Etymology: LME < MFr legiste < ML legista < L lex, law: see legal

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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