Jurist definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary JU'RIST, n. [L. jus ... versed in civil law or the law of nations [syn: jurist, legal expert] 2: a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice [syn: judge, justice, jurist] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Middle French juriste, from Medieval ... L jurista f. jus juris law Webster's 1913 Dictionary Jurist Ju`rist, n. [F. juriste, LL. jurista, fr. L. jus ... in civil community. -- Burke. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (jurists) A jurist is a person who is an expert on law. (FORMAL ...
... jus) + consultus, past participle of consulere to consult Date: 1605 jurist; especially one learned in international and public law Oxford Reference Dictionary n. a person learned in law; a jurist. Etymology: L jurisconsultus f. jus juris law + consultus skilled: see ... an expert in juridical science; a professor of jurisprudence; a jurist. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Jurist, civilian, counsellor, lawyer.
... syn: Marshall, George Marshall, George Catlett Marshall] 3: United States jurist; as chief justice of the Supreme Court he established the ... American general & statesman III. biographical name John 1755-1835 American jurist; chief justice United States Supreme Court (1801-35) IV. biographical ... States (1913-21) V. biographical name Thurgood 1908-1993 American jurist VI. geographical name city NE Texas population 23,935 Merriam ...
... syn: Hughes, Howard Hughes, Howard Robard Hughes] 4: United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme ... Webster's I. biographical name Charles Evans 1862-1948 American jurist; chief justice United States Supreme Court (1930-41) II. biographical ... laureate (1984-98) V. biographical name Thomas 1822-1896 English jurist, reformer, & writer VI. biographical name William Morris 1864-1952 Australian ...
... prunes before cooking" [syn: stone, pit, endocarp] 7: United States jurist who was named chief justice of the United States Supreme ... Stone, I. F. Stone, Isidor Feinstein Stone] 11: United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as chief ... Webster's I. biographical name Harlan Fiske 1872-1946 American jurist; chief justice United States Supreme Court (1941-46) II. biographical ...
... syn: white, whiteness] [ant: black, blackness, inkiness] 3: United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in ... educator & diplomat II. biographical name Byron Raymond 1917-2002 American jurist III. biographical name Edward Douglass 1845-1921 American jurist; chief justice United States Supreme Court (1910-21) IV. biographical ...
... definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: United States jurist and second chief justice of the United States Supreme Court ... Webster's I. biographical name John 1739-1800 American statesman & jurist; chief justice United States Supreme Court (1795) II. biographical name Wiley Blount 1894-1949 American jurist
Grotius definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: Dutch jurist and diplomat whose writings established the basis of modern international ... s biographical name Hugo 1583-1645 Huigh de Groot Dutch jurist & statesman Britannica Concise Dutch jurist, humanist, and poet. Born in Delft, he enrolled at Leiden ...
... s Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born April 6, 1776, in Culpeper ... Va. He was at one time a distinguished advocate and jurist of Kentucky. He was a senator in congress from that ...
... r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the ... bird Merriam Webster's biographical name John 1745-1829 American jurist & statesman; 1st chief justice United States Supreme Court (1789-95 ...
... biographical name Sir James 1619-1695 1st Viscount Stair Scottish jurist II. biographical name Sir James 1619-1695 1st Viscount Stair Scottish jurist
... Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century lawyer, legislator, jurist, author, was born Nov. 4, 1809, in Watertown, Mass. He ... Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century jurist, author, was born in 1855 in Massachusetts. He was a ...
... s Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century soldier, jurist, was born Feb. 9, 1837, in Hartford, Ky. During the ... of company D, Missouri infantry volunteers. This eminent lawyer and jurist was elected in 1881 as judge of the circuit court ...
... cloth. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: United States jurist and chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1833 ... Webster's I. biographical name Melville Weston 1833-1910 American jurist; chief justice United States Supreme Court (1888-1910) II. biographical ...