jurisconsult

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When a difficulty came for opinion before the jurisconsult, there was nothing to prevent a person endowed with a nice perception of analogy from at once proceeding to adduce and consider an entire class of supposed questions with which a particular feature connected it.

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  1. noun A person learned in law; a jurist.

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  • The last-named was a skilled jurisconsult, whose help [Pg 48] proved of great service in a subsequent litigation between Jerome and the College of Physicians. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Jerome Cardan, by W.G. Waters.
  • Iris and the pilot whirled around The rotund jurisconsult," a cultured voice announced, "displays ineffable intransigence to suffering Iris swung the flashlight toward the voice. —  095 - The Devil's Playground
  • When a difficulty came for opinion before the jurisconsult, there was nothing to prevent a person endowed with a nice perception of analogy from at once proceeding to adduce and consider an entire class of supposed questions with which a particular feature connected it. —  Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society
  • The theory is still that of the Roman lawyers, for in the phantasmagoria with which the Natural Condition is peopled, every feature and characteristic eludes the mind except the simplicity and harmony which possessed such charms for the jurisconsult; but the theory is, as it were, turned upside down. —  Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society
  • Slowly, but most distinctly, the mental engagement isolates itself amid the technicalities, and gradually becomes the sole ingredient on which the interest of the jurisconsult is concentrated. —  Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society
 

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  1. Latin iūriscōnsultus : iūris, genitive of iūs, law; see yewes- in Indo-European roots + cōnsultus, skilled, past participle of cōnsulere, to take counsel.

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  1. = French jurisconsulte = Spanish Portuguese jurisconsulto = Italian giurisconsulto, from Latin jurisconsultus, also jureconsultus, also separately juris consultus and consultus juris, one skilled in the law, from juris, genitive of jus, law, + consultus, past participle of consulere, consult: see consult.
 

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/dʒurɪsˈkɑnsəlt/
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