Legist meaning

lē'jĭst
A specialist in law.
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A person who has special knowledge of the law, or of some branch of it.
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One skilled in the law.
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A writer on law, a legislator, a lawmaker.
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Origin of legist

  • Middle English legiste from Old French from Medieval Latin lēgista from Latin lēx lēg- law leg- in Indo-European roots
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • From Middle French légiste, from Medieval Latin lÄ“gista, from Latin lex (“law"). Compare legal.
    From Wiktionary

Legist Sentence Examples

  • that the organization of the ulema, or legist and ecclesiastical class, is due.

  • was the legist Kemal Pasha-zada, frequently called Ibn-Kemal, who distinguished himself in both prose and verse.

  • 1214) speak of concubinage as a recognized institution; and, in the same century, the great English legist Bracton treats the "concubina legitima" as entitled to certain rights.'

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