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jurisconsult

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ju·ris·con·sult  (jrs-knslt)
n.
A person learned in law; a jurist.

[Latin iriscnsultus : iris, genitive of is, law; see yewes- in Indo-European roots + cnsultus, skilled, past participle of cnsulere, to take counsel.]

jurisconsult [ˌdʒʊərɪsˈkɒnsʌlt]
n
1. (Law) a person qualified to advise on legal matters
2. (Law) a master of jurisprudence
[from Latin jūris consultus; see jus, consult]


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The customs of the provostship and the viscomty had not yet been worked over by President Thibaut Baillet, and by Roger Barmne, the king's advocate; they had not been obstructed, at that time, by that lofty hedge of quibbles and procedures, which the two jurisconsults planted there at the beginning of the sixteenth century.
 
 
 
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