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legist

(lē′jist)

noun

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

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

See legist in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A specialist in law.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English legiste

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Medieval Latin lēgista

Origin: , from Latin lēx, lēg-, law; see leg- in Indo-European roots

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