English noun: jurist |
1. | jurist (person) a legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations |
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| Synonyms | legal expert |
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| Broader (hypernym) | expert |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | mufti |
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| Instance hyponym | Bentham, Grotius, Harlan Fiske Stone, Holmes, Hugo Grotius, Huig de Groot, Jeremy Bentham, John Marshall, Marshall, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Stone |
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| Domain category | jurisprudence, law |
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2. | jurist (person) a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice |
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| Synonyms | judge, justice |
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| Broader (hypernym) | adjudicator, functionary, official |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | alcalde, chief justice, Daniel, doge, justiciar, justiciary, magistrate, ordinary, praetor, pretor, qadi, recorder, trial judge, trier |
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| Instance hyponym | Samson |
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