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le·gist

(lē′jĭst)

A specialist in law.

[Middle English legiste, from Old French, from Medieval Latin lēgista, from Latin lēx, lēg-, law; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]

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legist

(ˈliːdʒɪst)

(Professions) a person versed in the law

[C15: from Medieval Latin lēgista, from lēx law]

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le•gist

(ˈli dʒɪst)

n.

an expert in law, esp. ancient law.

[1425–75; late Middle English < Medieval Latin lēgista. See legal, -ist]

legist

a person who is skilled or well versed in law.

legist

[ˈliːdʒɪst] N → legista mf

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"I am pleased that a legist of your learning and authority should have pronounced such an opinion.

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In its plea, the Forum of Indian Legists, an association of lawyers, said the varsity is going to make lakhs of students "guinea pigs" of the new education system.

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Melton Jr., Clio at the Bar: A Guide to Historical Method for Legists and Jurists, 83 MINN.

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In favour of Ijtihad, Jamal ad-Din said that the great legists and scholars of the past broadened their understanding of the Qur'an's meaning, but they could not fully grasp all Qur'an's secrets.

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Politicians and legists showed the parliament as the addressee to solve the matter concerning the national will that has been blocked by the judiciary.

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By the seventeenth century, most legists were in the employ of the government, and the professors and author-jurists who held out had to function within a diminishing 'moral community' created by the financial and material dependence of their less independent peers on the ruling powers" (p.