legist
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of legist
First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English word from Medieval Latin word lēgista. See legal, -ist
Example Sentences
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Critics are feared for the damage they can do to reputations, but they are probably at legist as dangerous when they turn kingmaker.
From Time Magazine Archive
You are our president, and moreover a great legist.
From The Memoirs of Victor Hugo by Hugo, Victor
At the earliest moment, then, when its academic history can be said to open, at the arrival of the legist Vacarius in the reign of Stephen, Oxford stood in the first rank of English municipalities.
From Stray Studies from England and Italy by Greene, John Richard
A learned legist, he had begun his career as judge of the superior council of Alsace, and the chancellor Maupeou, in quest of magistrates who could be bought, had raised him to his new functions.
From Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence by Kite, Elizabeth S.
I am no legist, but I am convinced that, at least British, and I doubt not American, law would promptly annul a testatory clause so utterly unreasonable and unprecedented.’
From The Disentanglers by Lang, Andrew
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